Word: contend Word origin: late Middle English (in the sense ‘compete for (something)’): from Old French contendre or Latin contendere, from con- ‘with’ + tendere ‘stretch, strive’. Phonetic: kənˈtɛnd Listen:
struggle to surmount (a difficulty). Example: she had to contend with his uncertain temper
assert something as a position in an argument. Example: he contends that the judge was wrong
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