contention
Meaning of contention
- Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
- A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for.
It is my contention that state lotteries are taxes on stupid people.
- Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.
Information about contention
- It is a name.
- The plural form of contention is: contentions.
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Hyphenation of contention
con-tention
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- contention is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
contention synonyms
Meaning controversy:
controversy, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing
Meaning competition:
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Translation of contention
- Italian: contesa
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