argument

a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true"

a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"

a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"

a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie; "the editor added the argument to the poem"

(computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program

a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable

a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your line of reasoning"