Hyphenation of ARGUMENT

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word ARGUMENT? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

AR-GU-MENT

Definitions of ARGUMENT:

1.	A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true It was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true
2.	A contentious speech act A dispute where there is strong disagreement They were involved in a violent argument
3.	A discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal The argument over foreign aid goes on and on
4.	A summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie The editor added the argument to the poem
5.	(computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
6.	A variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable If f(x)=y, x is the independent variable
7.	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

Synonyms of ARGUMENT:

noun	statement, evidence
noun	controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, arguing, dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict
noun	argumentation, debate, discussion, give-and-take, word
noun	literary argument, summary
noun	variable, variable quantity

Last hyphenations of this language

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