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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason:
  • linguistics Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
  • A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
  • A process of reasoning.
  • philosophy|logic A series of statements organized so that the final statement is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding statements, which function as premises.
  • math The independent variable of a function.
  • programming A value, or reference to a value, passed to a function.
  • programming A parameter in a function definition; a formal argument.

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