How to pronounce contention
Listen to contention in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“contention” in real sentences
627 clips in the index · 49 American · 284 British · 1 Australian · 8 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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each contention and counter contention gets its own sheet of paper.
Ryan Guy · hear it here
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serious bone of contention.
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
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contention from an earlier session
Fireside Summit · hear it here
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of contention in academic literature.
Oxford Union · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of contention. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.