contends

[kuhn-tendz] / kənˈtɛndz /

VERB

compete, fight

Synonyms

STRONGEST

argue confront cope dispute go after grapple meet oppose push for resist vie

STRONG

battle clash contest controvert emulate encounter face jostle litigate oppugn push rival skirmish stand strive struggle tug withstand

WEAK

give all one's got give one's all go for go for broke go for it go for jugular have at jockey for position knock oneself out lock horns make play for mix it up with scramble for shoot at shoot for tangle with

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agree comply go along

STRONG

hide make peace retreat surrender yield

WEAK

abandon cede desert give in give up leave

VERB

argue

Synonyms

STRONGEST

allege assert charge claim defend dispute insist maintain say tell urge

STRONG

affirm aver avow blast cross debate dictate enjoin hold justify mix prescribe report rip vindicate warrant zap

WEAK

come at fly in face of gang up on go at have at have bone to pick jump on lace into lay into let have it light into lock horns with mix it up put up argument set to sock it to one stick it to take on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deny desert forget question

STRONG

divide separate unmix

WEAK

abandon cede give in give up leave retreat surrender

Example Sentences

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Strategy cut its outlook and sold shares to establish a $1.44 billion U.S. dollar reserve as the company contends with a recent slide in Bitcoin prices.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the roots of this development, he contends, lie even further back—in the classical texts that early modern thinkers read and absorbed.

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Another division the novel rejects is the one between life and death; it is possible, the narrator contends, to be “a certain percentage alive and a certain percentage dead.”

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He contends this understated Deutsche Bank’s leverage by over €200 billion last year.

From MarketWatch

Other staples, including sweet potatoes and fresh fruit, cost more as the agriculture sector contends with tariffs and high costs.

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