contention

Streit, Auseinandersetzung

Eine heftige Meinungsverschiedenheit oder ein Streit zwischen Menschen.

In einfachem Englisch: Strong disagreement or arguing between people.

• Money was a source of contention.
• The boundary remains a point of contention between the neighbors.
• There was bitter contention over who should lead the group.

So benutzt man es: contention over something (There was contention over the new rules.); contention between A and B (The policy caused contention between workers and managers.)

Synonyme: disagreement, dispute, conflict

Gegenteile: agreement, harmony

Häufige Wendungen: point of contention, source of contention, cause contention

Streit, Auseinandersetzung

Ein ernsthafter Streit oder Kampf zwischen Menschen mit unterschiedlichen Zielen oder Meinungen.

In einfachem Englisch: A serious disagreement or struggle between people with different aims or opinions.

• The decision caused considerable contention.
• Money remains a bone of contention between them.
• Years of contention left the two communities divided.

So benutzt man es: contention over something (There was contention over who should lead the team.)

Synonyme: disagreement, dispute, conflict

Gegenteile: agreement

Häufige Wendungen: source of contention, bone of contention, contention over something

Behauptung, These

Eine Meinung, deren Richtigkeit jemand mit Argumenten vertritt.

In einfachem Englisch: An opinion that someone argues is true.

• I disagree with your contention.
• His main contention is that the plan costs too much.
• The evidence supports their contention that the damage was deliberate.

So benutzt man es: contention that… (Her contention that the rules were unfair convinced us.)

Synonyme: claim, argument, position

Häufige Wendungen: my contention, central contention, support a contention