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Antonyms for contends
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kuhn-tend |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈtɛnd |
Definition of contends
Origin :- mid-15c., from Old French contendre, from Latin contendere "to stretch out, strive after," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + tendere "to stretch" (see tenet). Related: Contended; contending.
- verb compete, fight
- verb argue
- Basilus, to save a young man, contends personally with the Evil One.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- It also contends that "the transactions of the Board ought not to be canvassed in the newspapers."
- Extract from : « Great Astronomers » by R. S. Ball
- Still he contends that these may be explained on the doctrine of evolution.
- Extract from : « Evolution in Modern Thought » by Ernst Haeckel
- Yet sometimes the love which I have for them contends with the love which I have for you.
- Extract from : « The Home » by Fredrika Bremer
- He contends that it is better to be without soap than without society.
- Extract from : « Gilbert Keith Chesterton » by Patrick Braybrooke
- Too much attention is, he contends, paid to the time of the Stuarts onwards.
- Extract from : « Gilbert Keith Chesterton » by Patrick Braybrooke
- Poliolioli contends that there were five hundred and eighty-five guests.
- Extract from : « Terribly Intimate Portraits » by Nol Coward
- Woman just now, he contends, is passing through her college period.
- Extract from : « The Angel and the Author - and Others » by Jerome K. Jerome
- Issachar, he contends, remained with the Medes and Persians.
- Extract from : « Diary in America, Series Two » by Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)
- The Declaration of 1618 contends, truly or untruly, that no miners were embarked.
- Extract from : « Sir Walter Ralegh » by William Stebbing
Synonyms for contends
- affirm
- allege
- argue
- assert
- aver
- avow
- battle
- blast
- charge
- claim
- clash
- come at
- confront
- contest
- controvert
- cope
- cross
- debate
- defend
- dictate
- dispute
- emulate
- encounter
- enjoin
- face
- fly in face of
- gang up on
- give all one's got
- give one's all
- go after
- go at
- go for
- go for broke
- go for it
- go for jugular
- grapple
- have at
- have bone to pick
- hold
- insist
- jockey for position
- jostle
- jump on
- justify
- knock oneself out
- lace into
- lay into
- let have it
- light into
- litigate
- lock horns
- lock horns with
- maintain
- make play for
- meet
- mix
- mix it up
- mix it up with
- oppose
- oppugn
- prescribe
- push
- push for
- put up argument
- report
- resist
- rip
- rival
- say
- scramble for
- set to
- shoot at
- shoot for
- skirmish
- sock it to one
- stand
- stick it to
- strive
- struggle
- take on
- tangle with
- tell
- tug
- urge
- vie
- vindicate
- warrant
- withstand
- zap
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