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What does argument mean?

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Noun
  1. A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
  2. A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
  3. A process of reasoning.
  4. (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.
  5. (mathematics) The independent variable of a function.
  6. (mathematics) The phase of a complex number.
  7. (programming) A value, or reference to a value, passed to a function.
  8. (programming) A parameter in a function definition; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
  9. (linguistics) Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
  10. (astronomy) The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends.
  11. 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.
  12. Matter for question; business in hand.
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