argument

noun

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Forms

  • singular : argument
  • plural : arguments

Senses

  • angle between the positive real axis and the line joining the origin and the number
  • brief summary in literature
  • act/process of presenting, or disputing, a case to a specific listener/adjudicator
  • actual input passed to a function, procedure, or routine. A parameter is a special kind of variable, used in a subroutine to refer to one of the pieces of data provided as input to the subroutine. These pieces of data are called arguments. For example, def add(x, y): return x + y, then x, y are parameters, while if this is called as add(2, 3), then 2, 3 are the arguments
  • argue with, have an argument with someone else

argument

verb

Forms

  • simple present : argument
  • simple present, singular, third person : arguments
  • simple past : argumented
  • present participle : argumenting
  • past participle : argumented

Senses

  • to adduce arguments, argue