contention

English

Etymology

From Middle English contencion, from Old French contencion, from Latin contentio, from contendere, past participle contentus ‎(“to contend”); see contend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈtɛnʃən/
• Hyphenation: con‧ten‧tion

Noun

contention ‎(plural contentions)

1. argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle
2. 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.

3. (computing, telecommunications) Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.

Synonyms

• gainstrife, gainstriving, wrangling

Hyponyms

• (computing) resource contention

Related terms

Related terms of contention

• bone of contention
• contend

• contender

• contentious

• contentiousness

Translations

contest, strife, struggle

• Bulgarian: състеза́ние (bg) n ‎(sǎstezánie), съревнова́ние (bg) ‎(sǎrevnovánie), спор (bg) m ‎(spor)
• Finnish: väittely (fi)
• Georgian: კამათი (ka) ‎(ḳamati)
• German: Streit (de) m
• Irish: amarrán m, dréim f, bágh f (literary)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: خه‌بات (ku) ‎(xebat)

• Norwegian: krangel m, strid m

• Portuguese: contenção (pt) f, contenda (pt) f
• Russian: спор (ru) m ‎(spor), раздо́р (ru) m ‎(razdór)
• Scottish Gaelic: ceallach m
• Spanish: contienda (es) f
• Swedish: bråk (sv) n, dispyt (sv) n, dust (sv) n, gräl (sv) n, träta (sv) c, tvist (sv) c, tvistighet c
• Turkish: anlaşmazlık (tr), atışma (tr), kavga (tr), münakaşa (tr), tartışma (tr), uyuşmazlık (tr)

point maintained in an argument

• Finnish: kanta (fi)
• German: Behauptung (de) f

• Russian: пози́ция (ru) f ‎(pozícija)
• Turkish: iddia (tr), sav (tr)

References

• Contention on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

External links

• contention in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• contention in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Old French

Noun

contention f ‎(oblique plural contentions, nominative singular contention, nominative plural contentions)

1. dispute; quarrel; disagreement

Descendants

• English: contention