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   Con·tend

   /kənˈtend/

   

   verb

   • 1. struggle to surmount (a difficulty or danger): "she had to contend with his uncertain temper"
   • ▪ engage in a competition or campaign in order to win or achieve (something): "the local team should contend for a division championship" Similar competechallengevieconteststrivestruggletusslegrapplewrestlescufflesquabbleskirmishbattlecombatfightwarwage warjoin battlecross swordslock hornsgo head to headopposeclash
   • 2. assert something as a position in an argument: "he contends that the judge was wrong" Similar assertmaintainholdclaimargueprofessaffirmaveravowinsiststatedeclarepronounceallegeplead

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘compete for (something)’): from Old French contendre or Latin contendere, from con- ‘with’ + tendere ‘stretch, strive’.

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