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▸ noun: (logic, philosophy) A series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding propositions, which function as premises.
▸ noun: (countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation.
▸ noun: (countable) An abstract or summary of the content of a literary work such as a book, a poem or a major section such as a chapter, included in the work before the content itself; (figuratively) the contents themselves.
▸ noun: (countable) A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
▸ noun: (by extension, humorous or euphemistic) Any dispute, altercation, or collision.
▸ noun: (countable, linguistics) Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
▸ noun: (countable, mathematics)
▸ noun: The independent variable of a function.
▸ noun: The phase of a complex number.
▸ noun: (also astronomy) A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
▸ noun: (countable, programming)
▸ noun: A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
▸ noun: A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
▸ noun: (countable, obsolete)
▸ noun: A matter in question; a business in hand.
▸ noun: The subject matter of an artistic representation, discourse, or writing; a theme or topic.
▸ noun: (uncountable, archaic) Evidence, proof; (countable) an item of such evidence or proof.
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete, now nonstandard, non-native speakers' English) To put forward as an argument; to argue.
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) To adduce evidence, to provide proof.
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statement,
contestation,
arguing,
debate,
controversy,
contention,
independent variable,
tilt,
literary argument,
arguement,
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