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1 contention
contention kɔ̃tɑ̃sjɔ̃]nome femininocontention d'espritcontenção de espíritoun appareil pour la contention des fracturesum aparelho para a contenção das fracturas -
2 contention
1) (an opinion put forward.) asserção2) (argument; disagreement.) disputa* * *con.ten.tion[kənt'enʃən] n 1 contenção, disputa, briga, contenda, combate. 2 argumentação, discussão, altercação. 3 objeto de controvérsia. 4 afirmação, alegação, argumento, ponto de vista, opinião sustentada em uma discussão. 5 controvérsia, discórdia. bone of contention fig objeto da contenda, pomo de discórdia. -
3 contention
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4 bone of contention
bone of contentionfig objeto da contenda, pomo de discórdia.————————bone of contentionpomo de discórdia. -
5 a bone of contention
(a cause of argument or quarrelling: Ownership of the boat was a bone of contention between the two men for many years.) pomo da discórdia -
6 a bone of contention
(a cause of argument or quarrelling: Ownership of the boat was a bone of contention between the two men for many years.) pomo de discórdiaEnglish-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > a bone of contention
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7 bone
[bəun] 1. noun1) (the hard substance forming the skeleton of man, animals etc: Bone decays far more slowly than flesh.) osso2) (a piece of this substance: She broke two of the bones in her foot.) osso2. verb(to take the bones out of (fish etc).) tirar a espinha- bony- bone china
- bone idle
- a bone of contention
- have a bone to pick with someone
- have a bone to pick with
- to the bone* * *[boun] n 1 osso. 2 chifre. 3 espinha de peixe. 4 substância semelhante ao osso (marfim, dentina, barbatanas de baleia). 5 questão a resolver, assunto. I have a bone to pick with you / tenho contas a ajustar com você. 6 essência, âmago. 7 bones a) esqueleto, ossatura. b) dados. c) fig o corpo. d) castanholas. e) barbatanas (de roupas). • vt+vi 1 desossar, tirar os ossos. 2 coll estudar muito. 3 pôr barbatanas. 4 sl furtar, surripiar. a bag of bones um feixe de ossos, um esqueleto. a horse with plenty of bone um cavalo vigoroso. as dry (or as hard) as a bone seco (ou duro) como um osso. bone of contention pomo de discórdia. he is all skin and bones ele é só pele e osso. he made no bones about ele não teve dúvidas, não hesitou em dizer. I feel it in my bones tenho um pressentimento, tenho uma intuição. to the bones até os ossos. I’m chilled to the bones / estou gelado até os ossos. what is bred in the bone will come out in the flesh filho de peixe, peixinho é. -
8 contend
[kən'tend]1) ((usually with with) to struggle against.) lutar2) ((with that) to say or maintain (that).) insistir•- contention
- contentious* * *con.tend[kənt'end] vt+vi 1 contender, lutar, combater. 2 competir, disputar (em luta ou competição). 3 discutir, argumentar. 4 afirmar, sustentar. -
9 bone
[bəun] 1. noun1) (the hard substance forming the skeleton of man, animals etc: Bone decays far more slowly than flesh.) osso, espinha de peixe2) (a piece of this substance: She broke two of the bones in her foot.) osso2. verb(to take the bones out of (fish etc).) desossar- bony- bone china - bone idle - a bone of contention - have a bone to pick with someone - have a bone to pick with - to the bone -
10 contend
[kən'tend]1) ((usually with with) to struggle against.) brigar2) ((with that) to say or maintain (that).) afirmar•- contention - contentious
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contention — 1. (kon tan sion ; en poésie, de quatre syllabes) s. f. 1° Effort qu on fait pour exécuter quelque chose, ou pour parvenir à quelque but. • Il faut toujours faire contention, BOSSUET IV, Prof. 3. • Ne croyez pas qu il faille se donner… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
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Contention — may refer to: The main contention, in rhetoric, the main point being argued Resource contention, a general concept in communications and computing, is competition by users of a system for the facility at the same time: Contention… … Wikipedia
contention — CONTENTION. s. f. Débat, dispute. Il y a matière à contention. C est une source de contention éternelle. Il est ennemi de toute contention. Il s émut, il y eut, il survint débat et contention entre tels et tels. [b]f♛/b] Il signifie aussi,… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
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contention — [n1] competition altercation, argument, battle, beef*, belligerency, bone of contention*, bone to pick*, combat, conflict, contest, controversy, difference, disaccord, discord, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disunity, enmity, feuding,… … New thesaurus
contention — ► NOUN 1) heated disagreement. 2) an assertion. ● in contention Cf. ↑in contention ORIGIN Latin, from contendere contend … English terms dictionary
contention — late 14c., strife, from O.Fr. contention, from L. contentionem (nom. contentio), from content , pp. stem of contendere (see CONTEND (Cf. contend)) … Etymology dictionary
contention — I (argument) noun allegation, area of disagreement, argumentation, cause, conflict, contest, controversy, debate, discord, disputatio, disputation, dispute, disputed point, ground, issue, legal dispute, legal issue, plea, point, polemic,… … Law dictionary
contention — dissension, difference, variance, strife, *discord, conflict Analogous words: *quarrel, wrangle, altercation, squabble: controversy, dispute, *argument: contending, fighting, warring (see CONTEND) Contrasted words: agreement, concurrence,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
contention — Contention, Contentieux, voyez Contendre … Thresor de la langue françoyse