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contention
[ kuhn-ten-shuhn ]
noun
- a struggling together in opposition; strife.
- a striving in rivalry; competition; contest.
- strife in debate; dispute; controversy.
Synonyms: altercation, debate, dissension, disagreement
Antonyms: agreement
- a point contended for or affirmed in controversy.
contention
/ kənˈtɛnʃən /
noun
- a struggling between opponents; competition
- dispute in an argument (esp in the phrase bone of contention )
- a point asserted in argument
Other Words From
- con·tention·al adjective
- noncon·tention noun
- precon·tention noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of contention1
Word History and Origins
Origin of contention1
Idioms and Phrases
see bone of contention .Example Sentences
But that was so yesterday, much like his contention that he lacked the power to unilaterally confer amnesty.
That last statistic, however, is a point of hot contention between both sides of the battle for Tony.
Rather, she alleges that Madaleno has made it a point of heated contention throughout the campaign.
Koch had girded himself for at least a year of contention before his research would be accepted.
So even back then, this was an obvious point of concern and contention.
He has felt strongly, and he was feeling strongly now; he was feeling passionately—that was my whole contention.
I knew not that contention could be rendered so sweet and pleasurable a thing to the nerves as I then felt it.
Dorothy had tried her best to relieve Letty of half her burthen, and in return had been made a bone of contention between them.
Woe is me, my mother: why hast thou borne me a man of strife, a man of contention to all the earth?
Whether a description is clear, exact and sufficient is a question for the jury whenever it is a matter of legal contention.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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