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English verb: contend | |||
| 1. | contend (communication) maintain or assert | ||
| Samples | He contended that Communism had no future. | ||
| Synonyms | postulate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | claim | ||
| 2. | contend (communication) have an argument about something | ||
| Synonyms | argue, debate, fence | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | converse, discourse | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | altercate, argufy, bicker, brabble, dispute, niggle, oppose, pettifog, quarrel, quibble, scrap, spar, squabble, stickle | ||
| Entail | differ, disagree, dissent, take issue | ||
| 3. | contend (communication) to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation | ||
| Samples | They contested the outcome of the race. | ||
| Synonyms | contest, repugn | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | oppose | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | challenge, dispute, gainsay | ||
| 4. | contend (social) come to terms with | ||
| Samples | We got by on just a gallon of gas. They made do on half a loaf of bread every day. | ||
| Synonyms | cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cope with, cut, extemporize, fend, hack, improvise, match, meet, rub along, scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by | ||
| 5. | contend (competition) compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others | ||
| Synonyms | compete, vie | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | emulate, equal, go for, match, play, race, rival, rival, run, run off, touch, try for | ||
| 6. | contend (competition) be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight | ||
| Samples | The tribesmen fought each other. Siblings are always fighting. Militant groups are contending for control of the country. | ||
| Synonyms | fight, struggle | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | assail, attack, bandy, battle, bear down, box, chicken-fight, chickenfight, combat, defend, duel, engage, fence, feud, fight, fight back, fight back, fight down, fistfight, get back, join battle, joust, oppose, scuffle, settle, skirmish, spar, tourney, tug, tussle, wage, war, wrestle | ||
| Entail | compete, contend, vie | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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