āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to contend
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝā§āĻāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āϏāĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻāϰāĻž
to compete actively or fight against others for a goal or victory
Intransitive: to contend for a prize
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Several athletes contended for the gold medal in the marathon.
āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĨāύ⧠āϏā§āĻŦāϰā§āĻŖāĻĒāĻĻāĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻāύ āĻā§āϰā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝā§āĻāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝā§āĻāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āϝā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž
to engage in a struggle, conflict, or battle
Intransitive: to contend
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Rival gangs in the city often contend over territory, leading to conflicts and confrontations.
āĻļāĻšāϰā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻŦāύā§āĻĻā§āĻŦā§ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāĻ āĻ
āĻā§āĻāϞ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϏāĻāĻāϰā§āώ āĻāϰā§, āϝāĻž āϏāĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻ āϏāĻāĻāϰā§āώā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
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āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž, āϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to argue the truth of something
Transitive: to contend that
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He contended that climate change poses a serious threat to global ecosystems.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āϝ⧠āĻāϞāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āϤā§āϤāύā§āϤā§āϰā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϰā§āϤāϰ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
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āϤāϰā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to engage in a debate or argument by presenting opposing views
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the trial, the lawyers contended over the interpretation of the evidence.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻāύāĻā§āĻŦā§āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to argue or dispute about something
Transitive: to contend sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Activists contended the government's decision to build on protected land.
āĻāϰā§āĻŽā§āϰāĻž āϏāĻāϰāĻā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋāϤ⧠āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§āϰ āϏāϰāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
contender
contend
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