argument

A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.

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.

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.

Any dispute, altercation, or collision.

Any of the phrases that bear a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.

The independent variable of a function.

The phase of a complex number.

A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.