A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.
A contest in ancient Greece, as in athletics or music, in which prizes were awarded.
A two-player board game played on a hexagonally-tiled board, popular in Victorian times.
An intellectual conflict or apparent competition of ideas.
Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.
A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for.