Explore Contention through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like assertion or conflict. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Contention meaning
- Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
- 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.
- Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.
Synonyms of Contention
Using Contention
- The main meaning on this page is: Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle. | 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. | Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.
- Useful related words include: assertion, conflict, difference of opinion, difference.
- In the example corpus, contention often appears in combinations such as: in contention, of contention, contention for.
Context around Contention
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Contention
- In this selection, "contention" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, playoff, card, caused and arose stand out and add context to how "contention" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include adds the contention that fw and also in contention for an. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "contention" sits close to words such as burger, enacted and jesse, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with contention
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Another point of contention has been the number of missing. (10 words)
And Ricciardo is one of the drivers in contention to step up if the Mexican's seat becomes available. (19 words)
A lack of communication was a large part of the contention between the two, not necessarily the player’s situation. (20 words)
The Giants won, 29–14, and knocked the Eagles out of playoff contention, to set up a Week 17 home game against the Cowboys in which the winner would clinch the NFC East while the loser would be eliminated from playoff contention. (42 words)
Under most workloads, the level of contention caused is too low to impact performance, but random-write heavy workloads, such as those seen on busy database servers, can suffer from less than optimal performance as a result of this I/O contention. (42 words)
A less-heralded entry is another adaptation — Prime Video’s gender-swapped “Dead Ringers,” which could be carried into contention by Rachel Weisz’s dazzling lead performances as twin gynecologists in whom madness is gestating. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
His name comes from an Italian word which can mean "bother" or "contention" in Italian; Florio 's 1611 Italian-English Dictionary defines briga as meaning "a brable, a braule, a contention".
In this sense, Parsi is an ethno-religious designator, whose definition is of contention among its members; similar to the contention over who is a Jew in the West.
The Giants won, 29–14, and knocked the Eagles out of playoff contention, to set up a Week 17 home game against the Cowboys in which the winner would clinch the NFC East while the loser would be eliminated from playoff contention.
The position (1) of hard determinism adds to the table the contention that D implies FW is untrue, and the position (2) of libertarianism adds the contention that FW implies D is untrue.
They were out of contention until the 1997 season when they were in wild card contention until the final week of the season.
Under most workloads, the level of contention caused is too low to impact performance, but random-write heavy workloads, such as those seen on busy database servers, can suffer from less than optimal performance as a result of this I/O contention.
When a cleric has a contention with a bishop let him wait till the synod sits, and if a bishop have a contention with his metropolitan let him carry the case to Constantinople.
A bone of contention arose among top judges during proceedings on Wednesday, with Justice Mandokhail questioning the “order of the court” in the suo motu proceedings relating to the March 1 judgement on elections.
According to the Metro, Rashford participated in the team training Wednesday and he could be in contention to feature against the Spanish club on Thursday.
After being eliminated from playoff contention with a loss against Cleveland, the Commanders gave fifth-round draft pick Sam Howell the nod in Week 18.
After finishing the regular-season in 10th-place in the Eastern Conference with an 40-42 record, they were only in contention for the eighth seed.
After Spieth had spooned his tee drive out of bands, the onus was on Thomas to stay in contention with his opponents.
A lack of communication was a large part of the contention between the two, not necessarily the player’s situation.
A less-heralded entry is another adaptation — Prime Video’s gender-swapped “Dead Ringers,” which could be carried into contention by Rachel Weisz’s dazzling lead performances as twin gynecologists in whom madness is gestating.
All are expected to return in weeks rather than months, and long-term injured Adam Hastings, Darcy Graham and Rory Darge will also come into contention.
Also in contention for an award are Aisling Franciosi, Sarah Greene, Genevieve O’Reilly, Kerry Condon, Pierce Brosnan, Dervla Kirwan, Jason O’Mara, and Liam Neeson.
Analysts say the issue of Kashmir – which remains the most potent point of contention between India and Pakistan – was close to being solved during the Musharraf era.
And Ricciardo is one of the drivers in contention to step up if the Mexican's seat becomes available.
An even record at the bye, by the way, puts Denver right in the mix for playoff contention in the second half of the season.
Another point of contention has been the number of missing.
Common combinations with contention
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in contention 65×
- of contention 48×
- contention for 31×
- contention to 18×
- playoff contention 14×
- contention that 13×
- contention between 12×
- into contention 12×
- contention with 11×
- the contention 8×