contend
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English [edit]
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Etymology [edit]
From contendere (“to stretch out, extend, strive after, contend”), from com- (“together”) + tendere (“to stretch”); see tend, and compare attend, extend, intend, subtend.
Verb [edit]
contend (third-person singular simple present contends, present participle contending, simple past and past participle contended)
- to strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
- For never two such kingdoms did contend without much fall of blood.
- to struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
- You sit above, and see vain men below contend for what you only can bestow.
- to strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
- The question which our author would contend for - many things he fiercely contended about were trivial.
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Translations [edit]
to strive in opposition; to contest
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to struggle
to strive in debate; to engage in discussion
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- Finnish: kilvoitella, kilpailla, kamppailla
- Persian: ستیزه کردن، مخالفت کرده با، رقابت کردن، ادعا کردن
External links [edit]
- contend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- contend in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
