contentionn.

/kənˈtɛnʃən/

Forms: Also Middle English -cioun, Middle English–1500s -cion, 1500s -tioun, -tione.

Etymology: < French contention, < Latin contentiōn-em, noun of action fromcontendĕre to contend. (Old French had originally the inherited form cuntençun, contençon.)

1. The action of straining or striving earnestly; earnest exertion, effort, endeavour. Obsolete or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > striving or struggling

wrestlingc890

wragging?c1225

wraggling?c1225

strugglingc1386

straining1580

contention1583

strift1612

strifea1616

striving?1615

stickle1652

agonism1688

strain1693

struggle1833

floundering1868

the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun]

hightOE

workOE

business1340

afforcinga1398

enforce1487

effort1490

contention1583

heave and shove1600

luctation1651

struggle1706

pingle1728

exertion1777

bother1823

brainstorming1839

beef1851

go-go-go1934

1583 A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion sig. C3^v Which wordes he..pronounced with..great contention of voice.

1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions xxv An earnest contention of the minde in the pursuit of that good which should perfect our Natures.

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme i. xi. 38 A joynt contention of strength.

a1729 J. Rogers 19 Serm. (1735) iii. 51 An End, which..appears worthy our utmost Contention to obtain.

1858 J. F. W. Herschel Outl. Astron. (ed. 5) Introd. 8 The contention of mind for which they [sc. these enquiries] call is enormous.

a. The action of contending or striving together in opposition; strife, dispute, verbal controversy.bone of contention: see bone n.¹ Phrases 1d(c).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun]

i-winc888

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teenOE

winOE

ungrithlOE

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thro1303

battlec1375

contentionc1384

tuggingc1440

militationa1460

sturtc1480

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distrifea1500

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hold1523

conflict1531

ruffle1532

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scamblingc1538

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bustling1553

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ruffling1570

wresting1570

certationc1572

pinglinga1578

reluctation1593

combating1594

yoking1594

bandying1599

tention1602

contrast1609

colluctation1611

contestationa1616

dimication1623

rixation1623

colluctance1625

decertation1635

conflicting1640

contrasto1645

dispute1647

luctation1651

contest1665

stickle1665

contra-colluctation1674

contrasting1688

struggle1706

yed1719

widdle1789

scrambling1792

cut and thrust1846

headbutting1869

push-and-pull1881

contending1882

thrust and parry1889

aggro1973

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Philipp. i. 17 Summe of contencioun, or stryf, schewen Crist not clenly.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. lxx. 861 Þis stoon onyx..moeueþ þe herte to contencioun and stryf.

1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 121/1 A great matter in contencion & debate betwene them.

1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors v. f. 64 Of amber is great contention whether it be a mineral, or y^e sperme of an whale.

1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xix. 340 The church..is by outwarde persecution & inward contention..troubled.

1772 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. I. 90 Excess frequently gives occasion to quarrelling and contention.

1803 Gazetteer Scotl. at Stirling This fortress was frequently the scene of bloody contention.

1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches I. i. iv. 176 Religious contention broke out in Bagdad itself, between the rigid and the lax parties.

figurative and in extended use.a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 93 The great contention of the sea and skies.1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. vii. 8 One long contention of fraud against robbery.

b. (with a and plural) A particular act of strife; a quarrel, contest, dispute.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > an act or instance of

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strifea1225

wara1300

pulla1400

lakec1420

contenta1450

stour?c1450

contentiona1500

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agony1555

feudc1565

combat1567

skirmish1576

grapple1604

counter-scuffle1628

scuffle1641

agon1649

tug1660

tug of war1677

risse1684

struggle1692

palaver1707

hash1789

warsle1792

scrabble1794

set-to1794

go1823

bucklea1849

wrestle1850

tussle1857

head-to-head1884

scrum1905

battleground1931

shoot-out1953

mud-wrestle1986

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxi. 366 Whan the kynge Bohors vndirstode the contencion of the kynge and his nevewes.

1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 i. ii. 6 A sweete contention.

1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xviii. 18 The lot causeth contentions to cease.

1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. ii. 7 Such were the contentions of the Roman and African Bishops.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. x. ii. 11 Jones..interposing, a fierce Contention arose.

1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 225 Contentions with the home government were frequent.

c. = tenson n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > competition song of troubadours

tenson1840

contention1883

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > troubadourism > types of troubadour lyric

lai1774

tenson1840

contention1883

1883 A. H. Wodehouse in Grove Dict. Music III. 585 The tensons, or contentions, were metrical dialogues of lively repartee on some disputed point of gallantry.

a. The action of contending in rivalry or emulation; competition. With a and plural: An act or instance of rivalry; a trial of skill or ability.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun]

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strife1530

envy1541

emulation1552

contention1576

pinglinga1578

countermatch1581

paragon1590

competency1594

corrivality1598

rivalry1598

concurrence1603

contestation1603

competitiona1608

rivalling1607

concurrency1609

strift1612

corrivalry1614

rivalty1631

contest1648

corrivalty1649

coping1678

co-rivalry1835

rivalism1850

1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Plinius Novocomensis in Panoplie Epist. 254 These and such like contentions..many have attempted, and thereby wonne commendation.

1606 L. Bryskett Disc. Ciuill Life 69 For contention of valor..Alexander granted a combat betweene Diosippus and his aduersary.

1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 180 Betwixt vs, I would kindle a kinde contention, and emulation of aymiable Vertue.

1743 H. Fielding Jonathan Wild i. iv, in Misc. III. 22 Engaging with him at Cards, in which Contentions..the Count was greatly skilful.

1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein I. iii. 87 As if there had been a contention among them who should do the honours of the house.

†b. The matter in competition. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] > the matter in competition

contention1712

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 422. ⁋6 One would think..that the Contention is, who shall be most disagreeable.

4. That which is contended for in argument; the point or thesis which a person strives to maintain and prove.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > [noun] > by discourse or argument > that which is contended for in argument

contention1635

contestation1880

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > matter for discussion

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moot point1563

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contention1635

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hypothesis1669

discursivea1676

contestation1880

submission1884

1635 E. Pagitt Christianogr. (1646) i. 134 In this their contention, they mean nothing else, but that there are two natures in Christ.

1865 Church Times 2 Dec. Their contention is, that the ‘Romanizers’, etc.

1878 W. Black Green Pastures I. 3 This then is your contention—that a vast number of women, etc.

1883 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 23 697 Mr. Williams' contention is without a shadow of support.

5. Contrast, comparison. Obsolete. [A Latinism.]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > contrast > [noun]

contention1530

contraposition1581

counterposition1594

syncrisis1656

contrast1731

counterview1738

contrastment1823

1530 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. xvii But if contencyon and comparyson be made.

6. = contentation n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [noun]

queemnesseOE

queemc1175

suffisancec1374

pleasingc1400

complacencec1436

resting?a1475

satisfaction1477

happinessa1500

thankfulness1500

contention1516

contentationa1533

contenting1541

satisfiedness1571

content1578

contentedness1581

appeasement1586

contentment1597

heart's content1600

acquiescence1612

pleasedness1626

well-apaidness1633

well-pleasedness1633

complacency1643

acquiescency1646

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > compensation > [noun]

yield601

angildeOE

maegboteOE

allowancea1325

finea1400

boota1450

reparationa1460

contentation1467

disdomage1502

contention1516

regard1568

contentment1603

atonement-money1611

satisfaction1621

satisfaction money1651

content1689

compensation1804

smart money1817

hoot1820

indemnization1836

compo1941

MCA1973

1516 Cartulary in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) p. cxxv What overplus may be saved towards the contencion of the said debts.

1603 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (new ed.) 80 Such men as place felicity..in the quiet safety, peace, and concord of a commonweale, and in clemency and iustice, ioyned with contention.

7. apparently = Continuance; cf. contene, contain v. 17.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [noun]

lengtha1240

date?1316

durationc1384

hautesse1399

quantity?a1425

periodc1475

tracta1513

allowance1526

continuance1530

wideness1535

continue1556

protense1590

countenance1592

stay1595

standing1600

dimension1605

longanimity1607

longinquity1607

insisture1609

existence1615

unprivationa1628

continuity1646

protension1654

measure1658

course1665

contention1666

propagation1741

protensity1886

1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ (1752) 13 Two words [days and years] to express the contention of this state..viz. how long this state shall remain.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	contention
释义	contentionn. /kənˈtɛnʃən/ Forms: Also Middle English -cioun, Middle English–1500s -cion, 1500s -tioun, -tione. Etymology: < French contention, < Latin contentiōn-em, noun of action fromcontendĕre to contend. (Old French had originally the inherited form cuntençun, contençon.) 1. The action of straining or striving earnestly; earnest exertion, effort, endeavour. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > striving or struggling wrestlingc890 wragging?c1225 wraggling?c1225 strugglingc1386 straining1580 contention1583 strift1612 strifea1616 striving?1615 stickle1652 agonism1688 strain1693 struggle1833 floundering1868 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] hightOE workOE business1340 afforcinga1398 enforce1487 effort1490 contention1583 heave and shove1600 luctation1651 struggle1706 pingle1728 exertion1777 bother1823 brainstorming1839 beef1851 go-go-go1934 1583 A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion sig. C3^v Which wordes he..pronounced with..great contention of voice. 1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions xxv An earnest contention of the minde in the pursuit of that good which should perfect our Natures. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme i. xi. 38 A joynt contention of strength. a1729 J. Rogers 19 Serm. (1735) iii. 51 An End, which..appears worthy our utmost Contention to obtain. 1858 J. F. W. Herschel Outl. Astron. (ed. 5) Introd. 8 The contention of mind for which they [sc. these enquiries] call is enormous. 2. a. The action of contending or striving together in opposition; strife, dispute, verbal controversy.bone of contention: see bone n.¹ Phrases 1d(c). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] i-winc888 wrestlingc890 fightc1000 flitec1000 teenOE winOE ungrithlOE wara1200 cockingc1225 strife?c1225 strivingc1275 struta1300 barratc1300 thro1303 battlec1375 contentionc1384 tuggingc1440 militationa1460 sturtc1480 bargain1487 bargaining1489 distrifea1500 concertation1509 hold1523 conflict1531 ruffle1532 tangling1535 scamblingc1538 tuilyie1550 bustling1553 tilt1567 ruffling1570 wresting1570 certationc1572 pinglinga1578 reluctation1593 combating1594 yoking1594 bandying1599 tention1602 contrast1609 colluctation1611 contestationa1616 dimication1623 rixation1623 colluctance1625 decertation1635 conflicting1640 contrasto1645 dispute1647 luctation1651 contest1665 stickle1665 contra-colluctation1674 contrasting1688 struggle1706 yed1719 widdle1789 scrambling1792 cut and thrust1846 headbutting1869 push-and-pull1881 contending1882 thrust and parry1889 aggro1973 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Philipp. i. 17 Summe of contencioun, or stryf, schewen Crist not clenly. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. lxx. 861 Þis stoon onyx..moeueþ þe herte to contencioun and stryf. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 121/1 A great matter in contencion & debate betwene them. 1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors v. f. 64 Of amber is great contention whether it be a mineral, or y^e sperme of an whale. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xix. 340 The church..is by outwarde persecution & inward contention..troubled. 1772 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. I. 90 Excess frequently gives occasion to quarrelling and contention. 1803 Gazetteer Scotl. at Stirling This fortress was frequently the scene of bloody contention. 1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches I. i. iv. 176 Religious contention broke out in Bagdad itself, between the rigid and the lax parties. figurative and in extended use.a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 93 The great contention of the sea and skies.1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. vii. 8 One long contention of fraud against robbery. b. (with a and plural) A particular act of strife; a quarrel, contest, dispute. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > an act or instance of flitec1000 strifea1225 wara1300 pulla1400 lakec1420 contenta1450 stour?c1450 contentiona1500 pingle1543 agony1555 feudc1565 combat1567 skirmish1576 grapple1604 counter-scuffle1628 scuffle1641 agon1649 tug1660 tug of war1677 risse1684 struggle1692 palaver1707 hash1789 warsle1792 scrabble1794 set-to1794 go1823 bucklea1849 wrestle1850 tussle1857 head-to-head1884 scrum1905 battleground1931 shoot-out1953 mud-wrestle1986 a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxi. 366 Whan the kynge Bohors vndirstode the contencion of the kynge and his nevewes. 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 i. ii. 6 A sweete contention. 1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xviii. 18 The lot causeth contentions to cease. View more context for this quotation 1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. ii. 7 Such were the contentions of the Roman and African Bishops. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. x. ii. 11 Jones..interposing, a fierce Contention arose. View more context for this quotation 1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 225 Contentions with the home government were frequent. c. = tenson n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > competition song of troubadours tenson1840 contention1883 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > troubadourism > types of troubadour lyric lai1774 tenson1840 contention1883 1883 A. H. Wodehouse in Grove Dict. Music III. 585 The tensons, or contentions, were metrical dialogues of lively repartee on some disputed point of gallantry. 3. a. The action of contending in rivalry or emulation; competition. With a and plural: An act or instance of rivalry; a trial of skill or ability. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] rivality1528 strife1530 envy1541 emulation1552 contention1576 pinglinga1578 countermatch1581 paragon1590 competency1594 corrivality1598 rivalry1598 concurrence1603 contestation1603 competitiona1608 rivalling1607 concurrency1609 strift1612 corrivalry1614 rivalty1631 contest1648 corrivalty1649 coping1678 co-rivalry1835 rivalism1850 1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Plinius Novocomensis in Panoplie Epist. 254 These and such like contentions..many have attempted, and thereby wonne commendation. 1606 L. Bryskett Disc. Ciuill Life 69 For contention of valor..Alexander granted a combat betweene Diosippus and his aduersary. 1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 180 Betwixt vs, I would kindle a kinde contention, and emulation of aymiable Vertue. 1743 H. Fielding Jonathan Wild i. iv, in Misc. III. 22 Engaging with him at Cards, in which Contentions..the Count was greatly skilful. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein I. iii. 87 As if there had been a contention among them who should do the honours of the house. †b. The matter in competition. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] > the matter in competition contention1712 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 422. ⁋6 One would think..that the Contention is, who shall be most disagreeable. 4. That which is contended for in argument; the point or thesis which a person strives to maintain and prove. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > [noun] > by discourse or argument > that which is contended for in argument contention1635 contestation1880 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > matter for discussion questionc1225 pointc1300 propositiona1382 conclusion1393 positiona1398 motivec1400 move1439 gainsay1559 moot point1563 argumenta1568 prop1607 contention1635 corollary1636 hypothesis1669 discursivea1676 contestation1880 submission1884 1635 E. Pagitt Christianogr. (1646) i. 134 In this their contention, they mean nothing else, but that there are two natures in Christ. 1865 Church Times 2 Dec. Their contention is, that the ‘Romanizers’, etc. 1878 W. Black Green Pastures I. 3 This then is your contention—that a vast number of women, etc. 1883 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 23 697 Mr. Williams' contention is without a shadow of support. 5. Contrast, comparison. Obsolete. [A Latinism.] ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > contrast > [noun] contention1530 contraposition1581 counterposition1594 syncrisis1656 contrast1731 counterview1738 contrastment1823 1530 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. xvii But if contencyon and comparyson be made. 6. = contentation n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [noun] queemnesseOE queemc1175 suffisancec1374 pleasingc1400 complacencec1436 resting?a1475 satisfaction1477 happinessa1500 thankfulness1500 contention1516 contentationa1533 contenting1541 satisfiedness1571 content1578 contentedness1581 appeasement1586 contentment1597 heart's content1600 acquiescence1612 pleasedness1626 well-apaidness1633 well-pleasedness1633 complacency1643 acquiescency1646 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > compensation > [noun] yield601 angildeOE maegboteOE allowancea1325 finea1400 boota1450 reparationa1460 contentation1467 disdomage1502 contention1516 regard1568 contentment1603 atonement-money1611 satisfaction1621 satisfaction money1651 content1689 compensation1804 smart money1817 hoot1820 indemnization1836 compo1941 MCA1973 1516 Cartulary in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) p. cxxv What overplus may be saved towards the contencion of the said debts. 1603 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (new ed.) 80 Such men as place felicity..in the quiet safety, peace, and concord of a commonweale, and in clemency and iustice, ioyned with contention. 7. apparently = Continuance; cf. contene, contain v. 17. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [noun] lengtha1240 date?1316 durationc1384 hautesse1399 quantity?a1425 periodc1475 tracta1513 allowance1526 continuance1530 wideness1535 continue1556 protense1590 countenance1592 stay1595 standing1600 dimension1605 longanimity1607 longinquity1607 insisture1609 existence1615 unprivationa1628 continuity1646 protension1654 measure1658 course1665 contention1666 propagation1741 protensity1886 1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ (1752) 13 Two words [days and years] to express the contention of this state..viz. how long this state shall remain. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1384
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