Dictionary entry

Contention

Pronunciation: /kənˈtɛnʃ(ə)n/

Pronunciation

/kənˈtɛnʃ(ə)n/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ယှဉ်ပြိုင်မှု။ ခွန်းကြီးခွန်းငယ် ပြောဆိုခြင်း။ အချေအတင်ငြင်းခုံခြင်း။ အမြင်။ သဘောထား။

Definition

contention /kǝn'tenʃn/ n ၁။ [U] ~ (for sth/to do sth) ယွဥ္ၿပိဳင္မႈ။ After a series of defeats, the team is no longer in contention for the title/to win the title (ie competing for it). ၂။ [U] ( fml ) ခြန္းႀကီးခြန္းငယ္ ေျပာဆိုျခင္း။ အေခ်အတင္ျငင္းခံုျခင္း။ This is not a time for contention. ၃။ [C] ~ (that…) ( fml ) အျမင္။ သေဘာထား။ It is my contention that you are wrong, and I shall try to prove it.

Examples

  1. My main contention is that we should be educating children to be good citizens.
  2. The subject remains a source of great contention in the family.