tend-, tendo-, ten-, teno-, tenot-, tenonto-, tens-, tent-, -tend, -tension, -tent, -tense, -tensive, -tentious

A reference to having the same spatial or temporal scope or boundaries.

1. To strive in combat or opposition; fight; struggle (to stretch out, to exert, to strive).
2. To strive in debate or in a controversy; to argue; to dispute.
3. To strive in competition; to compete; to vie for something.
4. To hold to a fact; to assert.
5. Etymology: used from about 1440; from Latin contendere, "to stretch out, to strive after"; from com-, "with, together" + tendere, "to stretch".

1. A competitor; especially, someone who has a good chance of winning.
2. Any competitor in a contest who is seeking a prize or a title.

1. The act of contending; strife, struggle, controversy, dispute, quarrel, etc.
2. A statement or point that one argues for as true or valid.
3. Etymology: usage started in about 1382, from Old French contention, from Latin contentionem, from the stem of contendere, "to stretch out, to strive after", from com-, "together" + tendere, "to stretch".

1. Always ready to argue; quarrelsome.
2. Causing, or likely to cause, disagreement and disputes between people with differing views: "It must be possible to re-word the statement in a less contentious way."
3. Involving, or characterized by dispute; controversial: "She was convinced that it would be wise to avoid such a highly contentious topic during dinner."
4. Frequently engaging in and seeming to enjoy arguments and disputes: "After a contentious debate, members of the committee finally voted to approve the funding for the financial loans."

A reference to anger and disagreements between people.

1. A disposition to fight or tending to provoke argument: "The contentiousness of the region's policies also involves one of the region's most contentious leaders."
2. Something that causes or is likely to cause disagreement or controversy.

In mechanics, a part that stops or releases a movement, as a catch for controlling the striking of a clock.

1. To stretch out.
2. To expand, as by pressure from within; make or become swollen.

1. Abnormally expanded or increased in size.
2. Abnormally distended; especially, by fluids or gas.

1. Something that expands by stretching, as something hollow or elastic: "His overeating became a distender of his stomach."
2. Anything that spreads in all directions; that which expands or swells.

1. Capable of being distended.
2. Anything which can be stretched and expanded.

The action of stretching longitudinally, straightening out, or placing at full length; causing an extension; straining, racking.

A distending or being distended; inflation; expansion; stretching.

1. To stretch out or draw out to a certain point, or for a certain distance or time.
2. To enlarge in area, scope, influence, meaning, effect, time.
3. To stretch or thrust forth; hold out; proffer.