Contend

What do we mean by contend?

To strive in opposition or against difficulties; struggle. intransitive verb

To strive in competition, as in a race; vie. intransitive verb

To strive in controversy or debate; dispute. intransitive verb

To assert or maintain. intransitive verb

To strive; struggle in opposition or emulation: used absolutely, or with against or with.

To endeavor; use earnest efforts, as for the purpose of obtaining, defending, preserving, etc.: usually with for before the object striven after.

To dispute earnestly; strive in debate; wrangle: as, the parties contend about trifles.

To dispute; contest.

To assert; affirm; maintain: as, I contend that the thing is impossible.

To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight. intransitive verb

To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend. intransitive verb

To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue. intransitive verb

To struggle for; to contest. transitive verb

To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight. verb

To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend. verb

To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue. verb

Come to terms with verb

To make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation verb

Have an argument about something verb

Compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others verb

To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.

To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.

To believe (something is reasonable) and argue (for it); to advocate.

Compete for something; engage in contest; measure oneself against others Urban Dictionary

A game that is played along side the imagine game where by competitors would chose those who they see fit as being possible contenders for winning a competition of the world nerdiest lost cunt. Urban Dictionary

Doufas Urban Dictionary

A chicken nugget tougher than any other chicken nugget overcooked and ready to rise to the top. Eye of the tiger Rocky Balboa material. A real clock puncher ready to put in the work to make it to the top from chicken little to commando gung ho Kung foo fighting chicken tender Urban Dictionary

An individual who seems to be wanting to recieve/ Is in contention to recieve an Anti Social Behavioural Order (ASBO) Urban Dictionary

(1) An individual, object or situation that is either involuntarily or voluntarily not part of a tournament. This could be due to an injury; not meeting the standards and requirements of the tournament; or, in the case of an individual, he/she is actively able to decide to remain out of the tornament. Generally, objects and situations do not have the conscious choice of being an anti-contender, however, an individual has the liberty to choose whether or not they wish to be a participant. (2) an individual who enjoys playing board games, strategy games and sport related games but does not participate or wish to be involved in playing games with people's lives, including their own. Generally a very straightforward person who can not watch another's life being played with and doesn't appreciate their own being made a toy. Urban Dictionary

A two way device used for sexual reasons Urban Dictionary

Someone who isn’t fully participating in events. Can also be stretched as an insult. Urban Dictionary

Known in Japan as "Shuriken Rantō Cryptoverse", it is a Japanese manga series featuring human characters fusing with Monsters to form a new human character with superpowers. It is the name that will sometime be used for the English version of the Japanese manga series around early 2022. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to contend:
contend, content, contund, contemnd.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word contend:
argue, merely.

Words that rhyme with contend:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe contend:
diverse, feeble, starry, general, vain, commons, fowle.

Consonant match to contend:
contained, cantoned, cant and, con tinned, conte and, count and, kant and, kant und.

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