contention

== English == === Etymology === 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). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kənˈtɛnʃən/ Hyphenation: con‧ten‧tion === Noun === contention (countable and uncountable, plural contentions) 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. (computing, telecommunications) Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource. ==== Synonyms ==== gainstrife, gainstriving, wrangling ==== Hyponyms ==== (computing) resource contention ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === contention on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Further reading === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “contention”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “contention”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin contentiō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === contention f (plural contentions) (intellectual) disposition, effort contention d'esprit ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) dispute, contention Synonyms: débat, dispute (medicine) immobilization, (psychiatry) restraint ==== Related terms ==== contentieux === Further reading === “contention”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin contentio, contentionem. Cf. the inherited form contençon, and see also tençon. === Noun === contention oblique singular, f (oblique plural contentions, nominative singular contention, nominative plural contentions) dispute; quarrel; disagreement ==== Related terms ==== contendre contençon tençon ==== Descendants ==== English: contention French: contention