Argument
Proof; evidence.
A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it.
A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation.
The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem.
Matter for question; business in hand.
The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction.
The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends.
To make an argument; to argue.
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Argument Quotations
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Winston Churchill
The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.
Friedrich Nietzsche
I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.
Margaret Thatcher
I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.
Margaret Thatcher
The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going.
George Carlin
Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.
Voltaire
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
Dale Carnegie
Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country's scared.
Barack Obama
Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared.
Barack Obama
A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime.
Edgar Allan Poe
Argument Translations
argument in French is argument
argument in German is argument, Argument {n}
argument in Italian is questione, argomento, dimostrazione
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