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contend

verb
/kənˈtɛnd/

Etymology

From Middle English contenden, borrowed from Old French contendre, from Latin contendere (“to stretch out, extend, strive after, contend”), from com- (“together”) + tendere (“to stretch”); see tend, and compare attend, extend, intend, subtend.

  1. derived from contendere
  2. derived from contendre
  3. inherited from contenden

Definitions

  1. To be in opposition

    To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

    • The Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle.
    • For never two such kingdoms did contend without much fall of blood.
    • 2011, Osaiah "Ike" Wilson III, James J.F. Forrest, Handbook of Defence Politics the armies of Syria and Lebanon lack the capability to contend with the Israeli army, as demonstrated during the course of the First Lebanon War.

  2. To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.

    • 17th century, John Dryden, Epistle III to the Lady Castlemain You sit above, and see vain men below / Contend for what you only can bestow.
    • God has entrusted something to the church, and it is the church's job to contend for it, even unto death

  3. To be in debate

    To be in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.

    • these simple ideas are far from those innate principles which some contend for
    • many of those things he so fiercely contended about , were either falle or trivial
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To believe (something is reasonable) and argue (for it)

      To believe (something is reasonable) and argue (for it); to advocate.

      • In this paper the author contends that no useful results can be obtained if this method is used.
      • Some panellists contended that the costs of research and care justified the establishment of a permanent national commission
      • His critics contend the eight years [term limit] expired Tuesday, the day before the anniversary of Prayuth officially becoming prime minister in the military government installed after the coup.

    2. To try to cope with a difficulty or problem.

      • However, the challenges for the railway world are much greater than for automotive as we generally have more occupants, higher speeds, greater masses, higher energies, and an absence of seatbelts or airbags to contend with.

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Derived

contendingly, contend with, noncontending, uncontended, uncontending

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at contend. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at contend. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at contend

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA