At Does Contend Mean?

1 : to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle contended with the problems of municipal government will contend for the championship this year. 2 : to strive in debate : argue. transitive verb.

How do you use contend?

Contend sentence example
  1. The new governor had great difficulties to contend with. ...
  2. I like to contend with wind and wave. ...
  3. Her foreign policy was as consistent as it could be considering the forces she had to contend against. ...
  4. The system of having one canal overlapping another has one difficulty to contend with.

What does contend mean in legal terms?

Definitions of contend

to put an idea forward as an assertion, position, or an argument. "We contend that the defendant acted in bad faith." (contend for) to compete against someone for something.

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