contend
US /kənˈtɛnd/
・UK /kən'tend/
B2TOEIC
v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To struggle or compete for
The two teams will contend for the win tomorrow
v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To argue or state something in a strong way
I will contend loudly in the court for my life
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James Harden on Kobe Bryant
- And now we have an opportunity to contend for a title,
And now we have an opportunity to contend for a title,
- contend for a title.
contend for a title.
Mark Carney wins Canada election with promise that ‘Trump will never break us’ | BBC News
- Mark Carney knows that that is going to be something he's going to have to contend with.
Mark Carney knows that that is going to be something he's going to have to contend with.
- Mark Carney knows that that is going to be something he's going to have to contend with.
Mark Carney knows that that is going to be something he's going to have to contend with.
Industrialization and imperialism | World History | Khan Academy
- Now, there's many technologies that are central to the Industrial Revolution, but probably most important is the steam engine, although you could contend maybe it's the steam engine, maybe it's electrification, maybe it is the telegraph, but the steam engine all of a sudden allows us to harness the power of really coal to create steam to turn engines.
Now, there's many technologies that are central to the Industrial Revolution, but probably most important is the steam engine, although you could contend maybe it's the steam engine, maybe it's electrification, maybe it is the telegraph, but the steam engine all of a sudden allows us to harness the power of really coal to create steam to turn engines.
- but probably most important is the steam engine, although you could contend maybe it's the steam engine, maybe it's electrification, maybe it is the telegraph.
but probably most important is the steam engine, although you could contend maybe it's the steam engine, maybe it's electrification, maybe it is the telegraph.
Are You Ready to Apply to Medical School? (6 Questions to Ask)
- You will always have application jitters to contend with,
You will always have application jitters to contend with,
- you will always have application jitters to contend
you will always have application jitters to contend
The Complete History of the Second World War | World War II Documentary | Part 1
- Unfortunately, the British still had to contend with air and submarine attacks.
Unfortunately, the British still had to contend with air and submarine attacks.
- Unfortunately the British still had to contend with air and submarine attacks
Unfortunately the British still had to contend with air and submarine attacks
The Man Who Defends Anonymous
- There are issues that we have to contend with.
There are issues that we have to contend with.
- There are issues that we have to contend with.
There are issues that we have to contend with.
Young Dracula - BBC Series - Season 4 Ep 9 "Sun and Heir"
- She's had much to contend with.
She's had much to contend with.
- She's had much to contend with.
She's had much to contend with.
The Rise of A.I., Shifting Economies, and Corporate Consciousness Will Define the Future
- and maybe they shouldn't." So I said, "Well I contend that they absolutely shouldn't because
and maybe they shouldn't." So I said, "Well I contend that they absolutely shouldn't because
- and maybe they shouldn't." So I said, "Well, I contend that they absolutely shouldn't because they are part of the human fabric of society." So that was the first thing we talked about.
and maybe they shouldn't." So I said, "Well, I contend that they absolutely shouldn't because they are part of the human fabric of society." So that was the first thing we talked about.
Onism: The Awareness of How Little of the World You'll Experience
- And like the first explorers, sooner or later you have to contend with the blank spaces on the map, all the experiences you've never had, the part of you still aching to know what's out there.
And like the first explorers, sooner or later you have to contend with the blank spaces on the map, all the experiences you've never had, the part of you still aching to know what's out there.
- sooner or later you have to contend with the blank spaces on the map.
sooner or later you have to contend with the blank spaces on the map.
Biblical Series I: Introduction to the Idea of God
- So, the question is: Do you contend seriously with the idea that, A: there's something cosmically constitutive about consciousness,
So, the question is: Do you contend seriously with the idea that, A: there's something cosmically constitutive about consciousness,
- Well, so the question is, do you contend seriously with the idea that, A, there's something cosmically constitutive about consciousness and, B, that that might well be considered divine and, C, that that is instantiated in every person?
Well, so the question is, do you contend seriously with the idea that, A, there's something cosmically constitutive about consciousness and, B, that that might well be considered divine and, C, that that is instantiated in every person?