A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it.
A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation.
The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem.
Matter for question; business in hand.
The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction.
The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. Winston Churchill
I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left. Margaret Thatcher
The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going. George Carlin
Silence is argument carried out by other means. Che Guevara
The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it. Friedrich Nietzsche
