contend
con
kən
kēn
tend
ˈtɛnd
tend
/kəntˈɛnd/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "contend"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to compete actively or fight against others for a goal or victory
Intransitive: to contend for a prize
to contend definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Several athletes contended for the gold medal in the marathon.
āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĨāύ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻĒāĻĻāϕ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϜāύ āĻ•ā§āϰ⧀āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to engage in a struggle, conflict, or battle
Intransitive: to contend
to contend definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Rival gangs in the city often contend over territory, leading to conflicts and confrontations.
āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻŦā§€ āĻ—ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻ°ā§āώ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϝāĻž āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻžāϤ āĻ“ āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻ°ā§āώ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to argue the truth of something
Transitive: to contend that
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He contended that climate change poses a serious threat to global ecosystems.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϜāϞāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§€ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āϤāϰ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž

to engage in a debate or argument by presenting opposing views
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the trial, the lawyers contended over the interpretation of the evidence.
āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āφāχāύāĻœā§€āĻŦā§€āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāϪ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻāĻ—āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to argue or dispute about something
Transitive: to contend sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Activists contended the government's decision to build on protected land.
āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϰāĻž āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āϜāĻŽāĻŋāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāϪ⧇āϰ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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