Synonym: arguing, argument, competition, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, rivalry, tilt. Similar words: a bone of contention, contentious, intention, pay attention to, constitutional convention, content, contentment, discontentment. Meaning: [kən'tenʃn] 
n. 1. a point asserted as part of an argument 2. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement 3. the act of competing as for profit or a prize.
n. 1. a point asserted as part of an argument 2. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement 3. the act of competing as for profit or a prize. 
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31 But he produced no figures to support his contention.
32 In the arts, too, contention is king.
33 Public consultation is our second major point of contention.
34 This contention seems to me to be unjustified.
35 Charlton's win keeps them right in contention.
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36 Yet the historic record does not support this contention.
37 The biggest source of contention is carbon sinks.
38 I could see the contention in his wrinkled face.
39 Exactly how many years remains a point of contention.
40 The deputy judge ruled against this contention.
41 Another point of contention is financial.
42 The main bone of contention was the war in Chechnya.
43 By 1888, the Contention City post office closed; other communities followed.
44 The initial bone of contention was the question of the terms on which sympathizers should be admitted to the Party.
45 But the pool table proved to be a bigger bone of contention.
46 This surface interval between leaving the bell and entering the decompression chamber, became a point of contention within the medical profession.
47 For the reasons set out in the judgment of Staughton L.J. I would reject that contention.
48 Various Soviet military assets in Cam Ranh Bay are currently listed to support this contention.
49 They will need a good showing to put themselves back in contention for a place in Britain's Olympic squad.
50 Another point of contention: how serious voter fraud had been.
51 Whether one agrees or disagrees with this contention is immaterial.
52 In the first place he disputed the contention of Oldfield's lawyer that the original, 1972 contract was unfair.
53 Meanwhile Gary Owers has launched himself back into Wembley contention for the Rokermen.
54 The variations in local government spending on single issues of some political contention are even more marked.
55 One of the issues in contention is barriers to trade.
56 How long he stays a King is a point of contention.
57 I did know that this was in fact the main bone of contention upstairs.
58 He is one good round away from being in serious contention, maybe even winning.
59 When we gave it a tightfisted 52% in Issue 79, our main bone of contention was that it was ridiculously overpriced.
60 Tommy Donnelly's Campsie B moved into contention in the second half but their efforts were shortlived.
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