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— English words —

• contention n. Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
• contention n. A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of…
• contention n. (Computing, telecommunications) Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Old french
  • contention n. Dispute; quarrel; disagreement.

— English words, defined in French —

• contention n. Opinion, conviction, avis, point de vue (que l’on défend dans un débat).
• contention n. Assertion, affirmation.
• contention n. Rivalité, compétition.

— In French —

• contention n.f. Action de tendre fortement les facultés intellectuelles…
• contention n.f. Débat, dispute.
• contention n.f. (Médecine) Dispositif destiné à une immobilisation de tout…
• contention n.f. (Par extension) Action destinée à une immobilisation une…
• contention n.f. (Dentisterie) Dispositif pour maintenir une dent branlante.
• contention n.f. (Élevage) Ensemble de techniques destinées à manipuler des animaux.

29 English words from 4 English definitions

argument Competition Computing contest debate disagreement Dispute for its limited line maintained matter of␣a parts point quarrel resource strife struggle subject subject␣matter support system taken taken␣in telecommunications the users

22 English words from 9 foreign definitions

Action affirmation Assertion avis conviction dans dent des Dispositif dispute Ensemble extension immobilisation les Opinion Par point pour que techniques tendre tout

22 foreign words from 9 foreign definitions

animaux branlante compétition débat défend Dentisterie destiné destinée destinées Élevage facultés fortement intellectuelles l’on maintenir manipuler Médecine Par␣extension point␣de␣vue Rivalité une vue

3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

contentions contention␣system contention␣systems

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

discontentions

6 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

in␣contention discontention noncontention bone␣of␣contention bones␣of␣contention point␣of␣contention

30 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

con Con CON -con con- cont cont. Conte conté Conté content ent ENT -ent ent- ion Ion -ion Ont ONT on't Ont. ten TEN tent tent. tio Tio tion -tion

12 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ETNO ITN net Net NET .NET NOC NOI noit OIt OIT TNO

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

coontinent

4 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

contentions coontinents nonstenotic nontectonic

2 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

continent Continent

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

convention

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