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contend
[ kuhn-tend ]
verb (used without object)
- to struggle in opposition:
to contend with the enemy for control of the port.
Synonyms: , , ,
to contend for first prize.
- to strive in debate; dispute earnestly:
to contend against falsehood.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
verb (used with object)
- to assert or maintain earnestly:
He contended that taxes were too high.
Synonyms: ,
contend
/ 办蓹苍藞迟蓻苍诲 /
verb
- introften foll bywith to struggle in rivalry, battle, etc; vie
- to argue earnestly; debate
- tr; may take a clause as object to assert or maintain
Derived Forms
- 肠辞苍藞迟别苍诲别谤, noun
- 肠辞苍藞迟别苍诲颈苍驳濒测, adverb
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 肠辞苍路迟别苍诲路别谤 noun
- 肠辞苍路迟别苍诲路颈苍驳路濒测 adverb
- 苍辞苍路肠辞苍路迟别苍诲路颈苍驳 adjective
- 辫谤别路肠辞苍路迟别苍诲 verb (used without object)
- 谤别路肠辞苍路迟别苍诲 verb (used without object)
- 耻苍路肠辞苍路迟别苍诲路别诲 adjective
- 耻苍路肠辞苍路迟别苍诲路颈苍驳 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of contend1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
In one area of the town of Ishinomaki, the sinking land forced people to contend with regular flooding, according to news reports.
The U.S. military contended that all these tactics were operationally successful as a trade of trees for American lives.
鈥淭here鈥檚 a lot at stake for Joe,鈥 said McClarnon, whose Navajo police lieutenant contends with marital discord, childhood trauma and a pesky FBI investigation.
"The Government contends that this is all okay because the mother wishes that the child be deported with her," Doughty wrote.
Jake Lang, who spent years in jail while contending with multiple charges for violence during the Capitol riot, is making a racist spectacle of a high school murder case in Texas.
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