Definition of contend

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Contend (v. i.) To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

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Odeon :: Odeon (n.) A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over, in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; -- hence, in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances..
Athlete :: Athlete (n.) One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome.
Fight :: Fight (v. i.) To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by with or against..
Contended :: Contended (imp. & p. p.) of Conten.
Chide :: Chide (v. i.) To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
Debate :: Debate (v. i.) To contend in words; to dispute; hence, to deliberate; to consider; to discuss or examine different arguments in the mind; -- often followed by on or upon..
Team :: Team (n.) A number of persons associated together in any work; a gang; especially, a number of persons selected to contend on one side in a match, or a series of matches, in a cricket, football, rowing, etc..
Contendent :: Contendent (n.) An antagonist; a contestant.
Contend :: Contend (v. i.) To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend..
Strifeful :: Strife (n.) That which is contended against; occasion of contest.
Struggle :: Struggle (v. i.) To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle with the waves; to struggle with adversity..
Militate :: Militate (v. i.) To make war; to fight; to contend; -- usually followed by against and with.
Oppose :: Oppose (n.) To resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand; as, to oppose the king in battle; to oppose a bill in Congress..
Propugn :: Propugn (v. t.) To contend for; to defend; to vindicate.
Vie :: Vie (v. i.) To strive for superiority; to contend; to use emulous effort, as in a race, contest, or competition..
Vitilitigate :: Vitilitigate (v. i.) To contend in law litigiously or cavilously.
Race :: Race (v. t.) To cause to contend in a race; to drive at high speed; as, to race horses..
Threap :: Threap (v. t.) To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; also, to contend or argue against (another) with obstinacy; to chide; as, he threaped me down that it was so..
Racer :: Racer (n.) One who, or that which, races, or contends in a race; esp., a race horse..
Combat :: Combat (v. t.) To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist..
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