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Definition of: contention

(kən·tenshən) noun
1. The act of contending; strife; conflict; struggle; dispute.
2. An object or point in debate or controversy.
3. A statement in support of an argument; also, the argument itself. See synonyms under ALTERCATION, FEUD, QUARREL. [<F <L contentio, -onis <contendere. See CONTEND.]

Most often used phrases:

out of contention
playoff contention
chu han contention
medal contention
title contention
championship contention
main contention
postseason contention
contention city
finals contention
s contention
great contention
contention ratio
primary contention
resource contention

'contention' used in domains:

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continuumofcontention.com
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pointsofcontention.com
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contentionone.com

Statistical data

"contention" has the frequency of use of 0.0005% on city-data.com forum

"contention" has the frequency of use of 0.0006% on en.wikipedia.org.

Phrases starting with the letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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