arguments
arguments is a polysyllabic word with 3 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, arguments is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofarguments
- A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
- A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
- A process of reasoning.
- 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.
- The independent variable of a function.
- The phase of a complex number.
- A value, or reference to a value, passed to a function.
Example: "Parameters are like labeled fillable blanks used to define a function whereas arguments are passed to a function when calling it, filling in those blanks."
- A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
- Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
- The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends.
Example: "The altitude is the argument of the refraction."
- 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.
- (NNES) To put forward as an argument; to argue.
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