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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuhn-ten-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈtɛn ʃən



Definition of contention

Origin :
  • late 14c., "strife," from Old French contention, from Latin contentionem (nominative contentio), from content-, past participle stem of contendere (see contend).
  • noun competition
  • noun argument for idea
Example sentences :
  • Passages taken at haphazard will suffice to establish my contention.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • Just what the ratio of the curve should be is a matter of contention.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • Then I wish that bone of contention was from between the two churches.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Let me take one example which may mark out the outline of the contention.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • Then began a contention the most vehement that ever I had with woman.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • On the whole he preferred a quiet life free from contention.
  • Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
  • The only bone of contention between them was the education lavished on their children.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • This is proved by the strife and contention of the Gods respecting her.
  • Extract from : « Menexenus » by Plato
  • The imaginative will at once say that the contention is too far fetched.
  • Extract from : « The Curse of Education » by Harold E. Gorst
  • His contention is that art adds nothing to the knowledge of the mind.
  • Extract from : « Browning's England » by Helen Archibald Clarke

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