argument
A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
Noun 4 meanings
A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
A process of reasoning; argumentation.
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.
A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
“The neighbours got into an argument about the branches of the trees that extended over the fence.”
Etymology
From Middle English argument, from Anglo-Norman and Old French arguement, from Latin argumentum. The English word is analysable as argue + -ment. Doublet of argumentum. Displaced native Old English racu and ġeflit.
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ARGUMENT at a glance
ARGUMENT has 8 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (A 1 + R 1 + G 2 + U 1 + M 3 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,227 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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