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01. argument n

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3 a: the act or process of arguing : argumentation b: a coherent series of statements leading from a premise to a conclusion

argue v

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French arguer to reprove, argue & Latin arguere to demonstrate, prove; Anglo-French arguer, from Latin argutare to prate, frequentative of arguere; akin to Hittite arkuwai- to plead, respond


synonyms discuss, argue, debate mean to discourse about in order to reach conclusions or to convince.

discuss implies a sifting of possibilities especially by presenting considerations pro and con <discussed the need for a new highway>.

argue implies the offering of reasons or evidence in support of convictions already
held <argued that the project would be too costly>.

debate suggests formal or public argument between opposing parties <debated the merits of the amendment>; it may also apply to deliberation with oneself debating whether I should go>.

02. inference n

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1: the act or process of inferring: as a: the act of passing from one proposition, statement, or judgment considered as true to another whose truth is believed to follow from that of the former b: the act of passing from statistical sample data to generalizations (as of the value of population parameters) usually with calculated degrees of certainty.

infer v

Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French inferer, from Latin inferre, literally, to carry or bring into, from in- + ferre to carry — more at bear

transitive verb 1: to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises — compare imply

synonyms infer, deduce, conclude, judge, gather mean to arrive at a mental conclusion.

infer implies arriving at a conclusion by reasoning from evidence; if the evidence is slight, the term comes close to surmise .

deduce often adds to infer the special implication of drawing a particular inference from a generalization .

conclude implies arriving at a necessary inference at the end of a chain of reasoning .

judge stresses a weighing of the evidence on which a conclusion is based
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gather suggests an intuitive forming of a conclusion from implications .

03. judgement n

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4 a: the process of forming an opinion or evaluation by discerning and comparing

judge v

Etymology: Middle English juggen, from Anglo-French juger, from Latin judicare, from judic-, judex judge, from jus right, law + dicere to decide, say — more at just, diction

1: to form an opinion about through careful weighing of evidence and testing of premises

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