contention

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (countable, uncountable) Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
  2. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.

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/kənˈtɛnʃən/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

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).

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