| noun | a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true “it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true” |
| noun | a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement “they were involved in a violent argument” |
| noun | a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal “the argument over foreign aid goes on and on” |
| noun | a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie “the editor added the argument to the poem” |
| noun | (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program |
| noun | a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable |
| noun | 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” |
| argue | verb | give evidence of |
| state | verb | put before |
| controversial | adjective | marked by or capable of arousing controversy |
| contentious | adjective | involving or likely to cause controversy; - Tim W.Ferfuson |
| contend | verb | have an argument about something |
| contest | verb | to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation |
| dispute | verb | have a disagreement over something |
| debate | verb | have an argument about something |