argument

litigio, discussione

Conversazione in cui le persone sono in disaccordo, spesso parlando con rabbia.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Come si usa: argument with someone about something (I had an argument with my brother about the car.)

Sinonimi: quarrel, dispute, row

Contrari: agreement

Espressioni comuni: have an argument, heated argument, argument with someone, start an argument

argomento, ragionamento

Ragioni usate per dimostrare che un’idea o un’opinione è giusta o sbagliata.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: argument for/against something (She presented an argument against raising prices.); argument that… (His argument that the plan would save money convinced us.)

Sinonimi: case, reasoning

Espressioni comuni: strong argument, argument for something, argument against something

argomento

Valore passato a una funzione di un programma perché esegua la sua operazione.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: pass an argument to a function (Pass the filename as an argument to the function.)

Sinonimi: input

Espressioni comuni: optional argument, pass an argument, argument value

argomento

Parola o gruppo di parole con un ruolo nel significato della frase, per esempio indicare chi agisce.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Espressioni comuni: verb argument, semantic argument, argument structure

argomento, variabile indipendente

Numero o altro valore dato come ingresso a una funzione matematica.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: argument of a function (The argument of this function is a real number.)

Sinonimi: input, independent variable

Espressioni comuni: function argument, argument of something