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contendings

contendings is the plural of contending.

Meaning of contending

Noun

contending (countable and uncountable, plural contendings)

  1. contention
    • in the midst of some contendings in the Church, about the government of his housea. 1752, Ralph Erskine, The Lamb in the midst of the Throne (sermon)

Questions about contendings

What is contendings the plural of?
Contendings is the plural of contending.

Words near contendings in the dictionary

  1. contendest
  2. contendeth
  3. contending
  4. contending with
  5. contendingly
  6. contendings
  7. contends
  8. contends with
  9. contenement
  10. contenements
  11. content

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Adapted from Wiktionary: contendings (page history and authors); contending (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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