argument

dispute, querelle

Échange où des personnes ne sont pas d’accord et parlent souvent avec colère.

En anglais simple : An often angry conversation in which people disagree with each other.

• We had an argument yesterday.
• Their arguments often upset the children.
• Did you hear the argument next door?

Comment l'utiliser : argument with someone about something (I had an argument with my brother about the car.)

Synonymes : quarrel, dispute, row

Contraires : agreement

Expressions courantes : have an argument, heated argument, argument with someone, start an argument

argument, raisonnement

Raisons avancées pour montrer qu’une idée ou une opinion est juste ou fausse.

En anglais simple : Reasons used to show that an idea or opinion is right or wrong.

• Your argument makes sense.
• She offered several arguments for keeping the park.
• The report presents a strong argument against the proposal.

Comment l'utiliser : argument for/against something (She presented an argument against raising prices.); argument that… (His argument that the plan would save money convinced us.)

Synonymes : case, reasoning

Expressions courantes : strong argument, argument for something, argument against something

argument

Valeur transmise à une fonction d’un programme pour qu’elle effectue son travail.

En anglais simple : A value sent to a computer function so it can do its work.

• This function needs one argument.
• The program checks whether the argument is a number.
• You can pass several arguments to this function.

Comment l'utiliser : pass an argument to a function (Pass the filename as an argument to the function.)

Synonymes : input

Expressions courantes : optional argument, pass an argument, argument value

argument

Mot ou groupe de mots qui joue un rôle dans le sens d’une phrase, par exemple en indiquant qui agit.

En anglais simple : A word or phrase that fills a role, such as who acts, in a sentence’s meaning.

• The verb requires two arguments.
• In this sentence, the subject is an argument of the verb.
• Students identified the semantic roles of each argument.

Expressions courantes : verb argument, semantic argument, argument structure

argument, variable indépendante

Nombre ou autre valeur donné en entrée à une fonction mathématique.

En anglais simple : A number or other value used as the input to a mathematical function.

• The argument of the function is zero.
• Different arguments may produce the same result.
• The formula uses a positive number as its argument.

Comment l'utiliser : argument of a function (The argument of this function is a real number.)

Synonymes : input, independent variable

Expressions courantes : function argument, argument of something