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contend::verb | Spocien Dictionary

contend
verb
/kən'tɛnd/
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
Type Words
Synonyms fight, struggle
Has types settle, chicken-fight, assail, box, tug, fence, feud, fight, fight back, fight down, fistfight, tourney, get back, join battle, joust, spar, bandy, skirmish, battle, oppose, bear down, wrestle, scuffle, war, chickenfight, wage, combat, defend, tussle, attack, duel, engage


Militant groups are contending for control of the country.

contend::verb | Spocien Dictionary

contend
verb
/kən'tɛnd/
have an argument about something
Type Words
Synonyms argue, debate, fence
Type of converse, discourse
Has types brabble, altercate, argufy, bicker, dispute, niggle, oppose, pettifog, quarrel, quibble, scrap, spar, squabble, stickle
Derivation contention

contend::verb | Spocien Dictionary

contend
verb
/kən'tɛnd/
maintain or assert
Type Words
Synonyms postulate
Type of claim
Derivation contention


He contended that Communism had no future.

contend::verb | Spocien Dictionary

contend
verb
/kən'tɛnd/
succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
Type Words
Synonyms cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage
Type of act, move
Has types scrape along, cut, scrape by, scratch along, rub along, squeak by, squeeze by, improvise, hack, fend, extemporize

contend::verb | Spocien Dictionary

contend
verb
/kən'tɛnd/
compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
Type Words
Synonyms compete, vie
Has types match, run off, try for, touch, equal, rival, race, run, go for, play, emulate
Derivation contender, contention

contend::verb | Spocien Dictionary

contend
verb
/kən'tɛnd/
to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
Type Words
Synonyms contest, repugn
Type of oppose
Has types challenge, gainsay, dispute
Derivation contention
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