contention
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English contencion, borrowed from Old French contencion, from Latin contentio, contentionem, from contendō (past participle contentus); equivalent to contend + -tion (similar formation to attention).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kənˈtɛnʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: con‧ten‧tion
Noun
[edit]contention (countable and uncountable, plural contentions)
- 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.
- 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 181:
- The multiplicity of moral opinions is an empirical fact and does not invalidate the contention that there is only one morality par excellence.
- (computing, telecommunications) Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.
Synonyms
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]- (computing) resource contention
Derived terms
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[edit]Related terms of contention
Translations
[edit]contest, strife, struggle
point maintained in an argument
(computing, telecommunications) Competition for a limited resource.
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References
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contention on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
[edit]- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “contention”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “contention”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin contentiō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]contention f (plural contentions)
- (intellectual) disposition, effort
- contention d'esprit ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- dispute, contention
- (medicine) immobilization, (psychiatry) restraint
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “contention”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin contentio, contentionem. Cf. the inherited form contençon, and see also tençon.
Noun
[edit]contention oblique singular, f (oblique plural contentions, nominative singular contention, nominative plural contentions)
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: contention
- French: contention
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