Related Searches
Nearby Words
Healthcare Career College goto.everest.edu/ Flexible Day & Evening Classes. 9-Month Program. Request Info.
LA Lakers Tickets 2012 www.deals.la.com/Lakers-vs-Clippers 100% off LA Lakers Tickets. Enter for your Chance to Win a VIP pkg.
Contend Definition Dictionary.com Find Definitions For Any Word.Get Your Free Dictionary.com Toolbar.
Ads
verb (used without object)
1.
to struggle in opposition: to contend with the enemy for control of the port.
2.
to strive in rivalry; compete; vie: to contend for first prize.
3.
to strive in debate; dispute earnestly: to contend against falsehood.
verb (used with object)
4.
to assert or maintain earnestly: He contended that taxes were too high.
:10
:09
:08
:07
:06
:05
:04
:03
:02
:01
Contend
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is bowdlerise. Does it mean:
| to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle. |
| to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable. |
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English contenden < Anglo-French contendre < Latin contendere to compete, strive, draw tight, equivalent to con- con- + tendere to stretch; see tend1
1400–50; late Middle English contenden < Anglo-French contendre < Latin contendere to compete, strive, draw tight, equivalent to con- con- + tendere to stretch; see tend1
Related forms
con·tend·er, noun
con·tend·ing·ly, adverb
non·con·tend·ing, adjective
pre·con·tend, verb (used without object)
re·con·tend, verb (used without object)
EXPANDAntonyms
3. agree.
3. agree.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To contend
Collins
World English Dictionary
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
contend
mid-15c., from L. contendere "to stretch out, strive after," from com- intensive prefix + tendere "to stretch" (see tenet). Related: Contended (pp. adj., c.1700); contender (1540s); contending (1590s).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.