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

(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.

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.

(euphemistic) Any dispute, altercation, or collision.

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

(mathematics)

The independent variable of a function.

The phase of a complex number.

(astronomy) A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.

(programming)

A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.

A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.

(obsolete)

A matter in question; a business in hand.

The subject matter of an artistic representation, discourse, or writing; a theme or topic.

(archaic) Evidence, proof; an item of such evidence or proof.

(NNES) To put forward as an argument; to argue.

(obsolete) To adduce evidence, to provide proof.