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contention

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
contention/kənˈtenʃn/

▶noun

1 heated disagreement.

2 an assertion.

– phrases
in (or out of) contention having (or not having) a good chance of success in a contest.

– origin ME: from L. contentio(n-), from contendere (see contend).

'contention' also found in these Oxford entries:

bone - chip - reckoning - running - sake

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