Dictionary Entry
contend
contend is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
- 2intransitive verb
To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
- 3intransitive verb
To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
- 4transitive verb
To struggle for; to contest.
- 5verb
maintain or assert
"He contended that Communism had no future"
Synonyms
- 6verb
have an argument about something
- 7verb
to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
"They contested the outcome of the race"
- 8verb
compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
- 9verb
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
"the tribesmen fought each other"
"Siblings are always fighting"
- 10verb
come to terms with
"We got by on just a gallon of gas"
"They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
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