contention

Betekenis (Engels)

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.
3. Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.

Sinonieme

dispute

argument

competition

quarrel

controversy

rivalry

strife

fight

contest

claim

altercation

disputation

assertion

disagreement

conflict

view

contestation

brawl

wrangle

debate

opinion

fray

discord

struggle

squabble

arguing

opposition

race

row

battle

dissension

disceptation

tilt

difference of opinion

stand

viewpoint

insistence

set-to

sentiment

scuffle

scramble

discussion

allegation

complaint

emulation

combat

feud

collision

💥

pretension

difference

thesis

riot

ruckus

ruction

ruffle

run-in

satisfaction

scrap

scrimmage

shock

⚡

spat

stance

stub

submission

tenet

vendetta

vying

warfare

willingness

wrangling

counsel notice

pettifoggery

crossing swords

advocacy

position paper

striving earnestly

allegement

contention slot

prosecution

argue

argumentation

attitude

averment

base

bee

🐝

bickering

broil

bust up

bust-up

case

clash

clinch

conjecture

conquest

contend

demur

demurrer

dogfight

emphasis

exertion

face-off

form

fracas

friction

fuss

head

heave

heel

hull

impact

irksomeness

jangle

law suit

law-suit

litigious

match

oversubscription

plaint

plea

polemic

population

position

postulation

professing

proposal

proposition

advice

racing

request

Koppelteken as

con‧ten‧tion

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kənˈtɛnʃən/

Etimologie (Engels)

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).