{
    "term": "contention",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "anger between people who disagree",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "One area of contention is the availability of nursery care."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Privatization of the health service remains a point of contention."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is no contention between the two groups."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "dispute",
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["play-off", "title"],
                "preposition": ["contention between"],
                "phrases": [
                    "an area of contention",
                    "a bone of contention",
                    "a point of contention"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a belief or an opinion that you express, especially in an argument",
            "sensetop": "contention (that…)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It is our client's contention that the fire was an accident."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I would reject that contention."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her main contention is that staff should get better training."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is no evidence to support her contention."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["main"],
                "verb + contention": ["support", "dispute", "reject"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a subject that causes people to disagree",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Where to go on holiday is always a bone of contention in our family."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "with a chance of winning something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Only three teams are now in contention for the title."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were three left in serious contention for the prize."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their team is still in contention for the championship"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "without a chance of winning something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The Jaguars are now out of contention."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈtenʃn/",
                "audio": "xc/contention/xcontention__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈtenʃn/",
                "audio": "xc/contention/xcontention__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin contentio(n-), from contendere ‘strive with’, from con- ‘with’ + tendere ‘stretch, strive’."
}