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contend
[ kuhn-tend ]
/ kÉnËtÉnd /
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verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
to assert or maintain earnestly: He contended that taxes were too high.
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Origin of contend
synonym study for contend
2. See compete.
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British Dictionary definitions for contend
contend
/ (kÉnËtÉnd) /
verb
(intr often foll by with) to struggle in rivalry, battle, etc; vie
to argue earnestly; debate
(tr; may take a clause as object) to assert or maintain
Derived forms of contend
contender, nouncontendingly, adverbWord Origin for contend
C15: from Latin contendere to strive, from com- with + tendere to stretch, aim
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