Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

opening argument

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English

Syllables: open-ing ar-gu-ment
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In adversarial legal systems, a statement made by either party at the beginning of a trial or comparable factfinding proceeding, in which that party lays out their case, generally including the points of fact that they intend to demonstrate and to some degree indicating the rhetorical arguments for why they should prevail.

Inflected Forms

opening arguments (plural)

Synonyms

opening statement opening speech

Questions

What does opening argument mean?: In adversarial legal systems, a statement made by either party at the beginning of a trial or comparable factfinding proceeding, in which that party lays out their case, generally including the points of fact that they intend to demonstrate and to some degree indicating the rhetorical arguments for why they should prevail.

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