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ARG

Date "ARG" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1906. (references)


Specialty Definition: ARG

DomainDefinition

Computing

Arg /arg/ n. Abbreviation for `argument' (to a function), used so often as to have become a new word (like `piano' from `pianoforte'). "The sine function takes 1 arg, but the arc-tangent function can take either 1 or 2 args." Compare param, parm, var. Source: Jargon File.

Aerospace

International Astronomical Union Abbreviation for Argo . See constellation. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: ARG

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

ARG

EnglishATM requirements groupN/A

ARG

FrenchRépublique argentineGeography, Law

ArG

GermanArbeitsgruppeN/A

ARG

ItalianRepubblica ArgentinaGeography, Law

ARG

LatinArgentina sphyraenaFood & Agriculture, Biology & Biotechnology

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: ARG

Specialty definitions using "ARG": butleriteRNA-Binding Proteinsvar.. (references)
Non-English Usage: "ARG" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

German (abusive, angry, bad, bitter, coarse, confirmed, cross, crude, evil, harsh, important, inveterate, malicious, mischievous, nasty, raw, rough, serious, sore, sorely, terrible, unrefined, unwrought, vicious, wicked), Latin (argentines(= fishes)), Swedish (angry, bad, cross, mad, miserable, nasty, poor, rabid).

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Commercial Usage: ARG

DomainTitle

References

  • Inta Ind. Textil Arg. S.A.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • ARG (Airgas, Inc.): $0.17 02Q3 Mostly In-Line; Valuation Remains Chief Concern [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • Breve Antologia del Cuento Arg. 2 ( 1900 - 1940 ) (reference)

  • De La Revolucion de Independencia - Historia Arg 3 (reference)

  • Diccionario de Actores del Cine Arg. 1933-1999 (reference)

  • Evolutionary Processes in Interacting Binary Stars: Proceedings of the 151st Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Cordoba, Arg (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: ARG

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Women's edition (Buffalo) Courier / ARG ; the Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: ARG

"ARG" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "ARG" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)75%6143,867
Unclassified Items25%2245,945
                    Total100.00%8N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: ARG

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "ARG": Ala-pro-gly-pro-arg, Lys-his-arg-arg, Val-pro-asp-pro-arg.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ARG

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

arg

106

arg yahoo

9

arg trading

8

arg clip heart

7

arg list long too

3

arg trading.com

3

arg essex

3

ack arg grr

3

arg equation

3

anime arg zone

2

arg clarin diario

2

arg back door

2

arg tyr val

2

arg caracaraña comuna de fe santa

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ARG

Language Translations for "ARG"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Italian

  

argomento (argument, case, copy, matter, object, plea, point, question, reason, subject, text, theme, topic). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

argay

   

Russian 

  

аргумент (argument, plea). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

argumento (action, ammunition, argument, plea, plot, scenario, story). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: ARG

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Argentina sphyraena. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations: ARG

Derivations

Words beginning with "ARG": argal, argala, argalas, argali, argalis, argals, argent, argental, argentic, argentiferous, argentine, argentines, argentite, argentites, argents, argentum, argentums, argil, argillaceous, argillite, argillites, argils, arginase, arginases, arginine, arginines, argle, argled, argles, argling, argol, argols, argon, argonaut, argonauts, argons, argosies, argosy, argot, argotic, argots, arguable, arguably, argue, argued, arguer, arguers, argues, argufied, argufier, argufiers. (additional references)

Words containing "ARG": aargh, allargando, bargain, bargained, bargainer, bargainers, bargaining, bargains, barge, bargeboard, bargeboards, barged, bargee, bargees, bargello, bargellos, bargeman, bargemen, barges, barghest, barghests, barging, barguest, barguests, cargo, cargoes, cargos, charge, chargeable, charged, chargehand, chargehands, charger, chargers, charges, charging, counterargue, counterargued, counterargues, counterarguing, counterargument, counterarguments, countercharge, countercharged, countercharges, countercharging, discharge, dischargeable, discharged, dischargee, dischargees. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: ARG

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: gar, rag.

Words within the letters "a-g-r"

-1 letter: ag, ar.

 Words containing the letters "a-g-r"
 

+1 letter: agar, ager, brag, crag, drag, frag, garb, gars, gaur, gear, gnar, grab, grad, gram, gran, grat, gray, guar, raga, rage, ragi, rags, rang, ruga.

 

+2 letters: aargh, agars, agers, agger, aggro, agora, agree, agria, algor, anger, angry, argal, argil, argle, argol, argon, argot, argue, argus, auger, augur, barge, brags, cager, cargo, cigar, crags, drags, eager, eagre, eggar, frags, gager, gamer, gaper, garbs, garni, garth, gator, gaurs, gayer, gazar, gazer, gears, gerah, glair, glare, glary, gnarl, gnarr, gnars, goral, graal, grabs, grace, grade, grads, graft, grail, grain, grama, gramp, grams, grana, grand, grans, grant, grape, graph, grapy, grasp, grass, grate, grave, gravy, grays, graze, great, groan, groat, guard, guars, gular, gyral, jager, jagra, lager, large, largo, marge, orang, organ, pager, parge, pargo, prang, ragas, raged, ragee, rages, raggy, ragis, range, rangy, regal, regma, regna, retag, rugae, rugal, sager, sarge, scrag, sprag, sugar, targe, terga, tragi, virga, wager, wrang, yager.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Translations: Ancient
10. Abbreviations
11. Acronyms
12. Derivations
13. Anagrams
14. Bibliography


  

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