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Synonyms for CONTEND: compete, fight, race, battle, rival, vie, play, engage; Antonyms of CONTEND: deny, abandon, reject, challenge, negate, repudiate, gainsay, negative
CONTEND definition: 1. to say that something is true: 2. to compete with someone to try to win something: . Learn more.
[intransitive] contend (for something) to compete against somebody in order to gain something Three armed groups were contending for power. Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘compete for (something)’): from Old French contendre or Latin contendere , from con- ‘with’ + tendere ‘stretch, strive’.
Definition of contend verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
CONTEND translate: 競爭, 競爭;爭奪, 聲稱, 聲稱;斷言;主張. Learn more in the Cambridge English-Chinese traditional Dictionary.
CONTENDING definition: 1. present participle of contend 2. to compete in order to win something: 3. to say that something…. Learn more.