Associations to the word «Contend»
Noun
- Plunder
- Incursion
- Poseidon
- Credibility
- Billion
- Might
- Freud
- Counsel
- Bias
- Jealousy
- Struggle
- Sulla
- Pennant
- Analyst
- Genocide
- Legality
- Folly
- Moderation
- Shortcoming
- Liability
- Notification
- Precedent
- Ritter
- Liberty
- Marx
- Objection
- Ingenuity
- Belief
- Prohibition
- Abolitionist
- Benevolence
- Claim
- Ratification
- Validity
- Democracy
- Antagonist
- Commentator
- Mao
- Reject
- Immunity
- Tice
- Dominance
- Uniformity
- Evidence
- Ideology
- Omission
- Skepticism
- Opinion
- Obligation
- Abandonment
- Interpretation
- Rationality
- Agenda
- Rivalry
- Ignorance
- Israelites
- Primitive
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
CONTEND, verb. To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
CONTEND, verb. To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
CONTEND, verb. To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
Dictionary definition
CONTEND, verb. Maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future".
CONTEND, verb. Have an argument about something.
CONTEND, verb. To make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race".
CONTEND, verb. Come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day".
CONTEND, verb. Compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others.
CONTEND, verb. Be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.