How to pronounce contention in American English
“contention” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to contention the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “contention” in: all accents · British English (284 clips)
“contention” in real sentences — American speakers
185 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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of communications in contention.
The Obama White House
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that supports any such contention?
State Department
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frequency especially now the portion of it that we use is in contention In Contention with
NASA
Words that sound like “contention”
Words one sound away from contention — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
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.