ARGUMENT


Meaning of ARGUMENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈär-gyə-mənt ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin argumentum, from arguere

Date: 14th century

1. obsolete : an outward sign : indication

2.

a. : a reason given in proof or rebuttal

b. : discourse intended to persuade

3.

a. : the act or process of arguing : argumentation

b. : a coherent series of statements leading from a premise to a conclusion

c. : quarrel , disagreement

4. : an abstract or summary especially of a literary work

a later editor added an argument to the poem

5. : the subject matter especially of a literary work

6.

a. : one of the independent variables upon whose value that of a function depends

b. : a substantive (as the direct object of a transitive verb) that is required by a predicate in grammar

c. : amplitude 4

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.