Contention
21Contention — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Contention », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Contention peut faire référence à: dans le… …
22contention — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of contending Nouns 1. (act of contending) contention, strife, contest, contestation, altercation, infighting; struggle; belligerency, pugnacity, combativeness (see irascibility); competition,… …
23contention — con|ten|tion [ kən tenʃən ] noun FORMAL * 1. ) count an opinion or statement that something is true, especially one made during a discussion or argument: My main contention is that we should be educating children to be good citizens. 2. ) uncount …
24contention */ — UK [kənˈtenʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms contention : singular contention plural contentions formal 1) [countable] an opinion or statement that something is true, especially one made during a discussion or argument My main contention is that we… …
25CONTENTION — n. f. Action de tendre fortement les facultés intellectuelles vers quelque chose. Il travaille à cet ouvrage, il s’y applique avec une grande contention d’esprit, avec une grande contention. Une trop forte contention d’esprit, une trop forte… …
26contention — noun 1) a point of contention Syn: disagreement, dispute, disputation, argument, discord, conflict, friction, strife, dissension, disharmony Ant: agreement 2) we questioned the validity of his contention …
27contention — n. 1 a dispute or argument; rivalry. 2 a point contended for in an argument (it is my contention that you are wrong). Phrases and idioms: in contention competing, esp. with a good chance of success. Etymology: ME f. OF contention or L contentio… …
28contention — /kənˈtɛnʃən / (say kuhn tenshuhn) noun 1. a struggling together in opposition; strife. 2. a striving in rivalry; competition; a contest. 3. strife in debate; a dispute; a controversy. 4. a point contended for or affirmed in controversy. –phrase 5 …
29contention — See: BONE OF CONTENTION …
30contention — See: BONE OF CONTENTION …
