--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 69 description: The 1959 words of the English dictionary under C, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/69/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / C # C — The English dictionary · page 69 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* A container is anything you can keep or carry things in, such as a box, jar, bottle, tin or tub.[↗](../../container/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A container is also a very large metal box for carrying goods on ships, trains and lorries.[↗](../../container/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Put the leftover pasta in a container and keep it in the fridge.[↗](../../container/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The container holds two litres of water.[↗](../../container/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Liquids take the shape of the container they are in.[↗](../../container/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We collected rain in a container to measure it.[↗](../../container/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A huge ship carried hundreds of containers.[↗](../../container/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep cleaning products in their own container, never in a drink bottle.[↗](../../container/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Find a container with a lid for your crayons.[↗](../../container/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **contaminant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A substance that makes something dirty, impure, harmful or poisonous, such as germs, chemicals or dirt in water, food, air or soil.[↗](../../contaminant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The water was tested for contaminants.[↗](../../contaminant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Bacteria are a common contaminant in raw chicken.[↗](../../contaminant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Microplastics are a contaminant in the oceans.[↗](../../contaminant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The filter removes contaminants from the water.[↗](../../contaminant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Lead used to be a contaminant in old water pipes.[↗](../../contaminant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Factories must stop contaminants getting into rivers.[↗](../../contaminant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **contaminate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make something dirty, impure or harmful by adding something bad to it, such as germs, poison or chemicals.[↗](../../contaminate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) To spoil an experiment or sample by letting something unwanted get in.[↗](../../contaminate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To have a bad influence on something (contaminate someone's thinking).[↗](../../contaminate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Raw chicken can contaminate other food with bacteria.[↗](../../contaminate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands so you don't contaminate the food.[↗](../../contaminate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · An oil spill contaminated the beach.[↗](../../contaminate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sewage contaminated the river after the storm.[↗](../../contaminate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't touch the sample or you'll contaminate it.[↗](../../contaminate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Chemicals from the old factory contaminated the soil.[↗](../../contaminate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **contaminated** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Made dirty, impure or harmful by something mixed in, such as germs, poison or chemicals.[↗](../../contaminated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Don't drink the water; it's contaminated.[↗](../../contaminated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The food was contaminated with bacteria.[↗](../../contaminated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Oil spills leave beaches contaminated.[↗](../../contaminated/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash the board so it isn't contaminated by raw chicken.[↗](../../contaminated/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sample got contaminated and the test failed.[↗](../../contaminated/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Radiation contaminated the land near Chernobyl.[↗](../../contaminated/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **contamination** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The state of being made dirty, impure or harmful by something unwanted (water contamination).[↗](../../contamination/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The act or process of contaminating something.[↗](../../contamination/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) Unwanted material spoiling a sample or experiment.[↗](../../contamination/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The water company found contamination in the reservoir.[↗](../../contamination/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Cross-contamination happens when raw meat touches cooked food.[↗](../../contamination/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Food labels warn about contamination with nuts.[↗](../../contamination/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists wear gloves to avoid contamination.[↗](../../contamination/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Radioactive contamination stayed near Chernobyl for many years.[↗](../../contamination/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The beach was closed because of sewage contamination.[↗](../../contamination/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **contemn** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) To look down on something as worthless; to scorn or despise it.[↗](../../contemn/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Do not contemn the small and humble, for they may help you.[↗](../../contemn/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The proud king contemned his people's advice.[↗](../../contemn/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people contemn others who are weaker than they are.[↗](../../contemn/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked — thou didst wax fat, thou didst grow thick, thou didst become gross — and he forsook God who made him, and contemned the Rock of his salvation.[↗](../../contemn/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../contemn/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · For there is a trial; and what if it contemn even the rod?[↗](../../contemn/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.21.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../contemn/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart: 'Thou wilt not require'?[↗](../../contemn/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.10.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../contemn/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High.[↗](../../contemn/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.107.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../contemn/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **contemplate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To look at something quietly for a long time and think about it.[↗](../../contemplate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To think about doing something; to consider it.[↗](../../contemplate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She sat contemplating the stars.[↗](../../contemplate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He contemplated the painting for an hour.[↗](../../contemplate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I am contemplating a trip to the seaside.[↗](../../contemplate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We contemplated the problem before we answered.[↗](../../contemplate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · From here on out, go and contemplate what the mouth cannot speak and the ear cannot hear.[↗](../../contemplate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../contemplate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The whole creation is thus contemplated as a pyramid, terminating in a point at the top with a broad basis.[↗](../../contemplate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") \[See Dr. Graetz's Gnosticismus, p. 224.\][↗](../../contemplate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../contemplate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Be this as it may, it is worth while to know the extravagant hypotheses which ancient Jewish philosophers and theologians framed as soon as they began to contemplate and to reason, endeavoring to combine oriental and Greek theories.[↗](../../contemplate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../contemplate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **contemplation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Quiet, long thinking; looking at something and thinking about it deeply.[↗](../../contemplation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The monk sat in quiet contemplation.[↗](../../contemplation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her face showed deep contemplation.[↗](../../contemplation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A quiet garden is a good place for contemplation.[↗](../../contemplation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · == Chapter 5 == \[5:1\] Twelve Simple Letters, Heh-Waw Zayin-Chet Tet-Yod Lamed-Nun ʽAyin-Samekh Tzadi-Qof—Their foundation is Seeing, Hearing, Smelling, Talking, Eating, Sex, Work, Movement, Excitement, Play, Contemplation, Sleep.[↗](../../contemplation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../contemplation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Seventh Path is the Occult Intelligence, because it is the Refulgent Splendor of all the Intellectual virtues which are perceived by the eyes of intellect, and by the contemplation of faith.[↗](../../contemplation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../contemplation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Seventh Path is the Occult Intelligence, because it is the Refulgent Splendour of all the Intellectual virtues which are perceived by the eyes of intellect, and by the contemplation of faith.[↗](../../contemplation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../contemplation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **contemporaneous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Existing or happening at the same time as something else: «contemporaneous accounts of the battle».[↗](../../contemporaneous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Contemporaneous notes or records: written down at the time something happened, not later.[↗](../../contemporaneous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Samuel Pepys wrote a contemporaneous account of the Great Fire of London.[↗](../../contemporaneous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dinosaurs were not contemporaneous with humans.[↗](../../contemporaneous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Historians compared two contemporaneous reports of the battle.[↗](../../contemporaneous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The police officer made contemporaneous notes.[↗](../../contemporaneous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The building of the two castles was roughly contemporaneous.[↗](../../contemporaneous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Diaries are useful because they are contemporaneous with the events.[↗](../../contemporaneous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **contemporaneously** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) At the same time as something else happened, or during the same period.[↗](../../contemporaneously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The diary was written contemporaneously with the events.[↗](../../contemporaneously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Two inventors worked on the telephone contemporaneously.[↗](../../contemporaneously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The police officer made notes contemporaneously.[↗](../../contemporaneously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The two kingdoms grew contemporaneously.[↗](../../contemporaneously/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Historians trust sources written contemporaneously more than later ones.[↗](../../contemporaneously/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The songs were recorded contemporaneously in London and New York.[↗](../../contemporaneously/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **contemporary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Contemporary means modern, belonging to the present time: «contemporary art».[↗](../../contemporary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Contemporary means existing or happening at the same time as something else: «a contemporary report of the battle».[↗](../../contemporary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A contemporary is a person who lived at the same time as someone else.[↗](../../contemporary/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We visited a gallery of contemporary art.[↗](../../contemporary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Shakespeare was a contemporary of Queen Elizabeth the First.[↗](../../contemporary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A contemporary account describes the great fire.[↗](../../contemporary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She loves contemporary dance.[↗](../../contemporary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The house has a contemporary design.[↗](../../contemporary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His contemporaries thought his ideas were crazy.[↗](../../contemporary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And he spoke of his works, and of his warlike deeds, which his contemporaries had known, but which had not been sung, because there was no singer among his companions.[↗](../../contemporary/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **contempt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Contempt is the feeling that someone or something is worthless and does not deserve any respect.[↗](../../contempt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (law) Contempt of court is the crime of disobeying a court or being rude to a judge.[↗](../../contempt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The queen looked at the beggar with contempt.[↗](../../contempt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She spoke to the new boy with open contempt, and the teacher stopped her.[↗](../../contempt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bullying someone for being poor is beneath contempt.[↗](../../contempt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The villain laughed with contempt at the hero's tiny sword.[↗](../../contempt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The man was jailed for contempt of court after shouting at the judge.[↗](../../contempt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Treat people with respect, not contempt, even when you disagree.[↗](../../contempt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · His contempt for the rules got the whole team disqualified.[↗](../../contempt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “Because we’re told to,” said the troop-horse, with a snort of contempt.[↗](../../contempt/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · So will there arise enough contempt and wrath.[↗](../../contempt/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EST.1.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../contempt/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He poureth contempt upon princes, and looseth the belt of the strong.[↗](../../contempt/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.12.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../contempt/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.[↗](../../contempt/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.18.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../contempt/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **contemptible** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* So mean or bad that people despise it and deserve scorn.[↗](../../contemptible/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was a contemptible trick to cheat at the game.[↗](../../contemptible/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He told a lie and felt contemptible.[↗](../../contemptible/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stealing from a friend is contemptible.[↗](../../contemptible/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And ye say: 'Wherein have we polluted thee?'[↗](../../contemptible/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") In that ye say: 'The table of the LORD is contemptible.'[↗](../../contemptible/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MAL.1.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../contemptible/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A contemptible brand in the thought of him that is at ease, a thing ready for them whose foot slippeth.[↗](../../contemptible/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.12.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../contemptible/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · But ye profane it, in that ye say: 'The table of the LORD is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even the food thereof, is contemptible.'[↗](../../contemptible/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MAL.1.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../contemptible/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **contemptuous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Showing that you think someone or something is worthless or beneath you; scornful.[↗](../../contemptuous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He gave a contemptuous sneer at my drawing.[↗](../../contemptuous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was contemptuous of anyone who was not rich.[↗](../../contemptuous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bully made a contemptuous remark about my shoes.[↗](../../contemptuous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **contemptuously** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Contemptuously means in a way that shows you think someone or something is worthless or does not deserve respect.[↗](../../contemptuously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Caterpillar looked at Alice contemptuously.[↗](../../contemptuously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «You?» he laughed contemptuously.[↗](../../contemptuously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She tossed the cheap ring away contemptuously.[↗](../../contemptuously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat contemptuously ignored the dog.[↗](../../contemptuously/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bargewoman spoke contemptuously to Toad.[↗](../../contemptuously/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He waved the idea away contemptuously.[↗](../../contemptuously/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “Don’t get any letters,” he said contemptuously.[↗](../../contemptuously/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD; for the men dealt contemptuously with the offering of the LORD.[↗](../../contemptuously/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.2.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../contemptuously/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **contend** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Contend with: to have to deal with a problem or difficulty: «Farmers have to contend with drought».[↗](../../contend/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To compete with others to win something: «Five teams are contending for the cup».[↗](../../contend/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) To say firmly that something is true, especially in an argument: «She contends that the plan will fail».[↗](../../contend/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Explorers in Antarctica had to contend with freezing winds.[↗](../../contend/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Three schools are contending for the trophy.[↗](../../contend/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientist contends that the bones belong to a new species.[↗](../../contend/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team is a strong contender for the championship.[↗](../../contend/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Teachers contend with noisy classrooms every day.[↗](../../contend/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people contend that school should start later.[↗](../../contend/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Various public performers contended for the prize.[↗](../../contend/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed; (Torah EXO.21.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../contend/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the herdmen of Gerar strove with Isaac's herdmen, saying: 'The water is ours.'[↗](../../contend/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") And he called the name of the well Esek; because they contended with him.[↗](../../contend/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.26.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../contend/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And this for Judah, and he said: Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him in unto his people; his hands shall contend for him, and Thou shalt be a help against his adversaries.[↗](../../contend/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.33.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../contend/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherefore will ye contend with Me?[↗](../../contend/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.2.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../contend/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Who is he that will contend with me?[↗](../../contend/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.13.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../contend/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Shall he that reproveth contend with the Almighty?[↗](../../contend/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../contend/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **content** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The contents of a box, bag or bottle are the things inside it.[↗](../../content/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The content of a book, film or website is what it is about, its ideas and information.[↗](../../content/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Content (stress on the second part) means happy and satisfied with what you have.[↗](../../content/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* The contents page of a book lists its chapters.[↗](../../content/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To content someone means to make them satisfied, so that they stop wanting more.[↗](../../content/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Look at the contents page to find chapter three.[↗](../../content/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He tipped out the contents of his bag.[↗](../../content/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat was content by the fire.[↗](../../content/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · This drink has a high sugar content.[↗](../../content/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell an adult if you see upsetting content online.[↗](../../content/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She was content with a small piece.[↗](../../content/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The content of the talk was interesting.[↗](../../content/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But this did not content the brother.[↗](../../content/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.[↗](../../content/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.2.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../content/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Its contents must have been known, to at least a few persons, long before it was written down.[↗](../../content/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../content/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.[↗](../../content/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.6.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../content/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And one said: 'Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants.'[↗](../../content/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") And he answered: 'I will go.'[↗](../../content/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.6.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../content/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.[↗](../../content/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.17.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../content/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **contentedly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a happy, calm way, feeling pleased with what you have.[↗](../../contentedly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cat purred contentedly by the fire.[↗](../../contentedly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We ate our picnic contentedly on the grass.[↗](../../contentedly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby slept contentedly all afternoon.[↗](../../contentedly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **contention** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An argument or quarrel between people, often about who is right.[↗](../../contention/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A point that you argue for; a view you claim is true.[↗](../../contention/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The two boys had a contention over the ball.[↗](../../contention/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The crows had a long contention about who was the best singer.[↗](../../contention/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My contention is that the answer is 12.[↗](../../contention/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · By pride cometh only contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom.[↗](../../contention/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.13.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../contention/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.[↗](../../contention/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.18.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../contention/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cast out the scorner, and contention will go out; yea, strife and shame will cease.[↗](../../contention/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.22.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../contention/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **contentious** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* fond of quarreling or arguing.[↗](../../contentious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lot causeth strife to cease, and parteth asunder the contentious.[↗](../../contentious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.18.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../contentious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike; (Writings PRO.27.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../contentious/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.[↗](../../contentious/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.21.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../contentious/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … [68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/68/) **69** [70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/70/) … [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/99/) 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