"contention" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kənˈtɛnʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-contention.wav [Southern-England] Forms: contentions [plural]
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). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|contencion}} Middle English contencion, {{der|en|fro|contencion}} Old French contencion, {{der|en|la|contentio|contentio, contentionem}} Latin contentio, contentionem, {{m|la|contendō}} contendō, {{m|la|contentus}} contentus, {{suffix|en|contend|tion}} contend + -tion, {{m|en|attention}} attention Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} contention (countable and uncountable, plural contentions)
  1. Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (contest, strife, struggle): състеза́ние (sǎstezánie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), съревнова́ние (sǎrevnovánie) (Bulgarian), спор (spor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), disputa [feminine] (Catalan), discòrdia [feminine] (Catalan), litigi [masculine] (Catalan), خەبات (xebat) (Central Kurdish), soutěž [feminine] (Czech), soupeření [neuter] (Czech), soutěžení [neuter] (Czech), strijd [masculine] (Dutch), ruzie [feminine] (Dutch), väite (Finnish), väittely (Finnish), dispute [feminine] (French), discorde [feminine] (French), litige [masculine] (French), კამათი (ḳamati) (Georgian), Streit [masculine] (German), amarrán [masculine] (Irish), dréim [feminine] (Irish), bágh [feminine, literary] (Irish), coimhlint [feminine] (Irish), caismirt [feminine] (Irish), taukumekume (Maori), krangel [masculine] (Norwegian), strid [masculine] (Norwegian), contencion [feminine] (Occitan), contèsta [feminine] (Occitan), litigi [masculine] (Occitan), نزاع (nizaʿ) (Ottoman Turkish), چكیش (çekiş) (Ottoman Turkish), contenção [feminine] (Portuguese), contenda [feminine] (Portuguese), dispută [feminine] (Romanian), discordie [feminine] (Romanian), litigiu [neuter] (Romanian), спор (spor) [masculine] (Russian), раздо́р (razdór) [masculine] (Russian), ceallach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), contienda [feminine] (Spanish), bråk [neuter] (Swedish), dispyt [neuter] (Swedish), dust [neuter] (Swedish), gräl [neuter] (Swedish), träta [common-gender] (Swedish), tvist [common-gender] (Swedish), tvistighet [common-gender] (Swedish), anlaşmazlık (Turkish), atışma (Turkish), kavga (Turkish), münakaşa (Turkish), tartışma (Turkish), uyuşmazlık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-contention-en-noun-ATVTeGaX Disambiguation of 'contest, strife, struggle': 75 17 8
  2. 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (point maintained in an argument): posició [feminine] (Catalan), tvrzení [neuter] (Czech), názor [masculine] (Czech), přesvědčení [neuter] (Czech), bewering [feminine] (Dutch), kanta (Finnish), Behauptung [feminine] (German), påstand (Norwegian), пози́ция (pozícija) [feminine] (Russian), iddia (Turkish), sav (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-contention-en-noun-cRdbBB9v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -tion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 58 30 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -tion: 14 59 26 Disambiguation of 'point maintained in an argument': 20 79 1
  3. (computing, telecommunications) Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing, Telecommunications Translations ((computing, telecommunications) Competition for a limited resource.): kamppailu (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-contention-en-noun-WaA7wPcX Topics: communications, computing, electrical-engineering, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, telecommunications Disambiguation of '(computing, telecommunications) Competition for a limited resource.': 15 7 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gainstrife, gainstriving, wrangling Hyponyms: resource contention [computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] Derived forms: bone of contention, contention system, in contention, point of contention, resource contention Related terms: contend, contender, contentious, contentiousness

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ruzie"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "word": "väite"
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          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "word": "väittely"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "discorde"
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          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "litige"
        },
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          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ḳamati",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "word": "კამათი"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Streit"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "amarrán"
        },
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dréim"
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          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "bágh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "coimhlint"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "caismirt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "xebat",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "word": "خەبات"
        },
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          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "word": "taukumekume"
        },
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          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "krangel"
        },
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          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "strid"
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          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "contencion"
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          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "contèsta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "litigi"
        },
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          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "nizaʿ",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "word": "نزاع"
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        {
          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "çekiş",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "word": "چكیش"
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          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "contenção"
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          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "contenda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dispută"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "discordie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "litigiu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "spor",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "спор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razdór",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "раздо́р"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ceallach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "contienda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bråk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "dispyt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "dust"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "gräl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "träta"
        },
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          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tvist"
        },
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          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tvistighet"
        },
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          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "word": "anlaşmazlık"
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        {
          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "word": "atışma"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "word": "kavga"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "word": "münakaşa"
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          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "word": "tartışma"
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        {
          "_dis1": "75 17 8",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
          "word": "uyuşmazlık"
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          "text": "It is my contention that state lotteries are taxes on stupid people.",
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          "_dis1": "20 79 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "point maintained in an argument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "posició"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 79 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "point maintained in an argument",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "tvrzení"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 79 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "point maintained in an argument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "názor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 79 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "point maintained in an argument",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "přesvědčení"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 79 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "point maintained in an argument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bewering"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 79 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "point maintained in an argument",
          "word": "kanta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 79 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "point maintained in an argument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Behauptung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 79 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "point maintained in an argument",
          "word": "påstand"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 79 1",
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "word": "väite"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "word": "väittely"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dispute"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "litige"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "word": "კამათი"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Streit"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amarrán"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dréim"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
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        "literary"
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      "word": "bágh"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coimhlint"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caismirt"
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    {
      "code": "ckb",
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      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "word": "خەبات"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "word": "taukumekume"
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krangel"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "strid"
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      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "contencion"
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "contèsta"
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "litigi"
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      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
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      "code": "ota",
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      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "word": "چكیش"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "contenção"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "discordie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "litigiu"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "спор"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "раздо́р"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceallach"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "contienda"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bråk"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dispyt"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "dust"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gräl"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "träta"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "word": "anlaşmazlık"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "word": "atışma"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "word": "kavga"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "word": "münakaşa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "word": "tartışma"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "contest, strife, struggle",
      "word": "uyuşmazlık"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "point maintained in an argument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "posició"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "point maintained in an argument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "tvrzení"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "point maintained in an argument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "názor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "point maintained in an argument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "přesvědčení"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "point maintained in an argument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bewering"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "point maintained in an argument",
      "word": "kanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "point maintained in an argument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Behauptung"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "point maintained in an argument",
      "word": "påstand"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pozícija",
      "sense": "point maintained in an argument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пози́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "point maintained in an argument",
      "word": "iddia"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "point maintained in an argument",
      "word": "sav"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(computing, telecommunications) Competition for a limited resource.",
      "word": "kamppailu"
    }
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.