Synonym: arguing, argumentation, contention, contestation, controversy, debate, disceptation, disputation, literary argument, statement, tilt. Similar words: argumentation, monument, document, instrument, documentary, argue, acumen, commencement. Meaning: ['ɑːgjʊmənt] n. 1. a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true 2. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement 3. a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal 4. a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie 5. a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable.
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3 I found his argument pretty convincing.
4 He found himself drawn, willy-nilly, into the argument.
5 She rightly points to the inadequacy of the argument.
6 He enforced his argument by adding details.
7 The argument seemed to have considerable merit.
8 She loves to win an argument.
9 This chapter contains the meat of the writer's argument.
10 You can't settle every argument by duking it out.
11 You must acknowledge the truth of her argument.
12 Josie can hold her own in any argument.
13 She got into an argument with the teacher.
14 Their argument was too metaphysical for me to follow.
15 Students need the ability to construct a logical argument.
16 No argument can justify a war.
17 We appealed to reason to win our argument.
18 He illustrated his argument with quotations from Pasternak.
19 We agreed without much further argument.
20 Suddenly the argument developed into a real fight.
21 Her article brilliantly demolishes his argument.
22 Some historians have been dismissive of this argument.
23 The environmental argument was a deciding factor.
24 He lost the thread of his argument.
25 That was the pith of his argument.
26 The argument estranged him from his brother.
27 He presented the figures to underpin his argument.
28 His examples fitted in well with his argument.
29 She is neutral in this argument.
More similar words: argumentation, monument, document, instrument, documentary, argue, acumen, commencement, amendment, entailment, entertainment, sentiment, mental, mentor, comment, moment, element, segment, mention, payment, ailment, raiment, mentally, amusement, momentum, fragment, comment on, shipment, movement, basement.