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argument
noun
a
spoken
disagreement
,
often
angry
,
between
people
•
Maya
and
her
brother
had
a
loud
argument
about
who
should
wash
the
dishes
.
Maya
and
her
brother
had
a
loud
argument
about
who
should
wash
the
dishes
.
•
The
teammates
got
into
an
argument
in
the
locker
room
after
the
match
.
The
teammates
got
into
an
argument
in
the
locker
room
after
the
match
.
From
Latin
argumentum
“
evidence
,
proof
,
discourse
,”
from
arguere
“
to
make
clear
,
prove
.”
noun
a
reason
or
set
of
reasons
used
to
show
that
something
is
true
or
right
•
The
scientist
presented
a
strong
argument
for
cutting
plastic
use
in
the
lab
.
The
scientist
presented
a
strong
argument
for
cutting
plastic
use
in
the
lab
.
•
Her
main
argument
was
that
regular
exercise
improves
concentration
.
Her
main
argument
was
that
regular
exercise
improves
concentration
.
Same
Latin
root
as
sense
1
;
extended
in
Middle
English
to
mean
“
a
reason
offered
.”
noun
in
mathematics
,
logic
,
or
computing
,
a
value
or
piece
of
information
that
is
passed
to
a
function
,
command
,
or
operation
•
In
the
function
call
print
(
temperature
), “
temperature
”
is
the
argument
.
In
the
function
call
print
(
temperature
), “
temperature
”
is
the
argument
.
•
The
program
crashed
because
no
argument
was
supplied
to
the
command
.
The
program
crashed
because
no
argument
was
supplied
to
the
command
.
Adopted
in
19th-century
mathematics
and
early
computing
from
the
general
sense
“
something
offered
”
to
mean
“
value
supplied
to
a
function
.”
