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.

  1. each contention and counter contention gets its own sheet of paper.

    Ryan Guy · hear it here

  2. serious bone of contention.

    The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here

  3. contention from an earlier session

    Fireside Summit · hear it here

  4. 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.

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