(n.) 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.
(n.) A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Matter for question; business in hand.
(n.) The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction.
(n.) The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends.
(v. i.) To make an argument; to argue.
Example Sentences:
(1) "Britain needs to be in the room when the euro countries meet," he said, "so that it can influence the argument and ensure that what the 17 do will not damage the market or British interests.
(2) It is entirely proper for serving judges to set out the arguments in high-profile cases to help public understanding of the legal issues, as long as it is done in an even-handed way.
(3) Environment groups Environment groups that have strongly backed low-carbon power have barely wavered in their opposition to nuclear in the last decade, although their arguments now are now much about the cost than the danger it might pose.
(4) Cameron had a legitimate argument, but the marines didn't want to hear it.
(5) This is not an argument for the status quo: teaching must be given greater priority within HE, but the flipside has to be an understanding on the part of students, ministers, officials, the public and the media that academics (just like politicians) cannot make everyone happy all of the time.
(6) Pathological changes may, thus, be initially confined to projecting and intrinsic neurons localized in cortical and subcortical olfactory structures; arguments are advanced which favor the view that excitotoxic phenomena could be mainly responsible for the overall degenerative picture.
(7) The legs of that argument were cut off by the financial crisis.
(8) These changes in the isozyme pattern of PK in aggressive fibromatosis may act as another argument to place them in the category of malignant fibroblastic tumors.
(9) This provides a compelling argument that the protein kinase function of p37mos is an intrinsic property of the protein.
(10) He always had a logical approach to his arguments and I would have described him as fair at the time.
(11) There are, however, plenty of arguments to be made about the Slim Reaper's supporting cast.
(12) The soldiers allegedly launched the attack after one of their comrades was killed when he became involved in an argument over a woman near Fizi hospital.
(13) In support of this argument, a case of erosive arthritis is reported in a skeleton from Kulubnarti, Republic of the Sudan (c. 700-1450 A.D.).
(14) Mallon's finance and resources director, Paul Slocombe, thinks Pickles's argument is "slightly disingenuous" because the funding was part of the last spending review, which ends on 31 March.
(15) Since the four determining coefficients may change over evolutionary time-scales, the mathematical results together with a natural selection argument proves that virulence gamma 2 attenuates.
(16) It seeks to acquaint them with 'ethical' arguments against their work which, because they are simple and plausible, persuade many people.
(17) The IFS gave this argument an airing today, and produced figures to show that – on such a basis – the VAT rise was a fair tax after all.
(18) Questions are raised as to the validity of arguments that crossover positions have been demonstrated to be normally established only during pachytene (after synapsis is maximal).
(19) The rioting began on Wednesday after a deadly argument between a Muslim gold shop owner and his Buddhist customers in Meikhtila.
(20) However, to insist that those who advise an IUD with the motive of contraception cannot herefore object to, say, intrauterine saline aimed at the destruction of a moving 27-week fetus is, in my view, stretching his argument.
Barney
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) We are effectively in funding limbo Professor Barney Glover, Universities Australia chair Glover was also set to emphasise the need for affordability because “cost must not deter any capable student from pursuing a university education”.
(2) Photograph: Alex Lake for Observer Food Monthly Sky Sports’ managing director, Barney Francis, added: “We wish Gary all the very best as he returns to football with our blessing and begins his managerial career with Valencia.
(3) Barcelona’s miracle worker Lionel Messi leaves Arsenal praying for one | Barney Ronay Read more City continue to monitor Messi’s situation should he become unsettled.
(4) But one has to ask how the former seven-year-old co-star of Barney and Friends and The Wizards of Waverly Place ended up in a movie that shows drunk girls urinating through their bikinis in public and forcing a gangsta-looking James Franco to suck off his handgun.
(5) Forty-nine out of 50 of the most popular Premier League games were shown on Sky Sports last season and a quick look at our opening schedule of fixtures shows Sky Sports is still the place to go for more of the games that matter,” said Barney Francis, managing director of Sky Sports.
(6) One woman who went to both Barney’s and Stein’s salons but had plenty going on at her own base, the bookshop Shakespeare and Company, was Sylvia Beach, who numbered among her great achievements the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses .
(7) Barney Ronay (@barneyronay) Bizarre spectacle as world's press swarms over woman in (very small) chile shirt.
(8) Barney Ronay (@barneyronay) Today I ruined the World Cup by writing an article about how exciting it was.
(9) Wales’s epic journey comes to an end as Ronaldo gets to run the Portugal show | Barney Ronay Read more Adrien Silva 6 Provided a teasing cross for Ronaldo from the left wing late in first half and was comfortable in possession without any truly blistering moments.
(10) Barney Ronay (@barneyronay) @JacobSteinberg come on Steinberg.
(11) After issuing a warning yesterday we have no hesitation in taking this action after becoming aware of new information today," said Sky Sports' managing director, Barney Francis.
(12) Forget the soundbites and sniggers, Brendan Rodgers deserved better | Barney Ronay Read more In his final press conference, just over an hour before his contract was terminated, Rodgers spoke of the rebuilding job which was required at Anfield and the time needed and he reiterated that in a statement released by the League Managers’ Association.
(13) The conserved open reading frames of Tc1 and Barney share identity with a structurally similar family of elements named HB found in Drosophila melanogaster, after the introduction of 3 small centrally located deletions in HB1.
(14) A new look for Darth Vader, as imagined by designer Barney George (www.barneygeorge.com) So how will Episode Seven play out?
(15) Northern Ireland are homeward bound but their fans are leaving on a high | Barney Ronay Read more Grigg failed to make it off Northern Ireland’s bench in France, but became one of the names of the tournament after the 90s song Freed From Desire was adapted in his honour.
(16) When her career took off at the age of 10 – a childhood of performing in the living room led to a stint jollying around with Barney the purple dinosaur in the 90s series Barney & Friends – Gomez's mother, Mandy Cornett, became her manager, a relationship Gomez now describes as "like a Gilmore Girls bond, except the dialogue's not as clever".
(17) The Sky Sports managing director, Barney Francis, said he had spoken to Keys and Gray personally.
(18) Until the 2008 financial crisis, Citi was able to claim to be one of the biggest financial institutions in the world as a result of the takeovers it was permitted to make as a result of the legislative changes – including a move into investment banking by buying brokers Smith Barney and parts of Schroders.
(19) Barney Chilton, the editor, told the Guardian: "On the Red News forums the percentages have ebbed away from Moyes like the English coastline.
(20) England’s future still has promise, but Wayne Rooney is part of the past | Barney Ronay Read more But the surprise is that people are surprised.