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argument
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????j?m?nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /????j?m?nt/, /-?ju-/, /-?j?-/
- Hyphenation: ar?gu?ment
Etymology 1
From Middle English argument, from Anglo-Norman and Old French arguement, from Latin arg?mentum (“argument (for a position); evidence, proof; point, theme; thesis, topic; plot (in theatre)”), from arguere + -mentum (suffix indicating the instrument, medium, or result of something). Arguere is the present active infinitive of argu? (“to argue, assert, declare; to make clear, prove, show; to accuse, charge with, reprove; to blame, censure; to denounce as false”), either ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?er?- (“silver, white; glittering”), or from Hittite [script needed] (arkuw?(i)-, “to make a plea, state one’s case”). The English word is analysable as argue +? -ment.
Noun
argument (countable and uncountable, plural arguments)
- (countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:argument
- (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.
- (countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation.
- (countable) An abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, or poem; (figuratively) the contents themselves.
- (countable) A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dispute
- (countable, linguistics) Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
- (countable, mathematics)
- The independent variable of a function.
- The phase of a complex number.
- (also astronomy) A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
- (countable, programming)
- A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
- Synonyms: actual argument, passed parameter
- A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
- A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
- (countable, obsolete)
- A matter in question; a business in hand.
- The subject matter of an artistic representation, discourse, or writing; a theme or topic.
- A matter in question; a business in hand.
- (uncountable, archaic) Evidence, proof; (countable) an item of such evidence or proof.
Usage notes
- Adjectives often used with argument: valid, invalid, correct, incorrect, right, wrong, strong, weak, convincing, unconvincing, conclusive, inconclusive, fallacious, simple, straightforward, inductive, deductive, logical, illogical, absurd, specious, flawed.
- (parameter at a function call): some authors regard the use of argument to mean “formal parameter” to be imprecise, preferring that argument be used to refer only to the value that is used to instantiate the parameter at runtime, while parameter refers only to the name in the function definition that will be instantiated.
Alternative forms
- arguement (obsolete)
Meronyms
- (logic): conclusion, premise, proposition
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
The obsolete senses are derived from Middle English argumenten (“to argue, discuss; to consider, reflect”), from Old French argumenter (“to argue”), from Latin arg?ment?r?, the present active infinitive of arg?mentor (“to adduce arguments or proof, prove, reason; to adduce (something) as argument or proof; to conclude”), from arg?mentum (“argument (for a position); evidence, proof; point, theme; thesis, topic; plot (in theatre)”) (see further at etymology 1) +? -or (the first-person singular present passive indicative of -? (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)).
The current sense is derived from the noun.
Verb
argument (third-person singular simple present arguments, present participle argumenting, simple past and past participle argumented)
- (intransitive, obsolete, now nonstandard, non-native speakers' English) To put forward as an argument; to argue.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To adduce evidence, to provide proof.
Conjugation
References
Further reading
- argument on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- argument of a function on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- argument (literature) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- argument (linguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- argument (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- argument in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- argument in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin arg?mentum.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /??.?u?ment/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?r.?u?men/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a?.?u?ment/
Noun
argument m (plural arguments)
- argument (reason)
- (computing) argument
- plot, storyline
- (mathematics) argument
- (grammar) argument
Related terms
- argumentar
Further reading
- “argument” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “argument” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “argument” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “argument” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?ar?um?nt]
Noun
argument m
- argument (fact or statement used to support a proposition)
Declension
Derived terms
- pseudoargument
- protiargument
Related terms
- argumentace
See also
- parametr m
Further reading
- argument in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- argument in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Noun
argument n (singular definite argumentet, plural indefinite argumenter)
- argument
Declension
Related terms
- argumentere
References
- “argument” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin arg?mentum, from argu? (“prove, argue”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?.?y.m??/
Noun
argument m (plural arguments)
- argument
- (grammar) argument of a verb, phrase syntactically connected to a verb (object and subject)
Derived terms
- argumentaire
- argumenter
- argumentation
Related terms
- arguer
See also
- (grammar): valence
Further reading
- “argument” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin argumentum
Noun
argument n (definite singular argumentet, indefinite plural argument or argumenter, definite plural argumenta or argumentene)
- argument
Related terms
- argumentere
- argumentasjon
References
- “argument” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin argumentum
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r???m?nt/
Noun
argument n (definite singular argumentet, indefinite plural argument, definite plural argumenta)
- argument
Related terms
- argumentasjon
References
- “argument” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From Latin arg?mentum
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ar??u.m?nt/
Noun
argument m inan
- point, argument (fact or statement used to support a proposition)
- (philosophy, logic, mathematics, programming) argument
Declension
Synonyms
- uzasadnienie, racja, pod?o?e, podstawa, przes?anka, powód,
- dowód, operand, parametr
Related terms
- argumentacja
Further reading
- argument in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French argument, from Latin argumentum.
Noun
argument n (plural argumente)
- argument
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ar??ment/
- Hyphenation: ar?gu?ment
Noun
argùment m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)
- argument (fact or statement used to support a proposition)
- (philosophy, logic, mathematics, programming) argument
Declension
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
argument n
- an argument supporting a stance
- (mathematics) an argument; an independent variable passed to a function
- (programming) an argument; a variable passed to a function
Declension
argument From the web:
- what argument was the king making
- what argument is this poster making
- what argument is frisch making
- what argument best responds to citizens
- what is king's main argument
- what is the basis for king's argument
- which king was the mad king
inquiry
English
Alternative forms
- enquiry
Etymology
From Middle English enquery, from the Old French verb enquerre, from Latin inqu?r?. Later respelled to conform to the original Latin spelling, as opposed to the Old French spelling.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?kwa???i/, /??-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?kwa?(?)?i/, /??nkw??i/, /???-/
- Hyphenation: in?qui?ry
- Rhymes: -a??ri
Noun
inquiry (countable and uncountable, plural inquiries)
- The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
- Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation
Derived terms
- line of inquiry
Usage notes
According to Fowler's Modern English Usage (1926), inquiry should be used in relation to a formal inquest, and enquiry to the act of questioning. Many (though not all) British writers maintain this distinction; the Oxford English Dictionary, in its entry not updated since 1900, lists inquiry and enquiry as equal alternatives, in that order. Some British dictionaries, such as Chambers 21st Century Dictionary [1], present the two spellings as interchangeable variants in the general sense, but prefer inquiry for the "formal inquest" sense. In Australian English, inquiry represents a formal inquest (such as a government investigation) while enquiry is used in the act of questioning (eg: the customer enquired about the status of his loan application). Both spellings are current in Canadian English, where enquiry is often associated with scholarly or intellectual research. (See Pam Peters, The Cambridge Guide to English Usage, p. 282.)
American English usually uses inquiry.
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “inquiry”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
inquiry From the web:
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