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Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuhn-tend
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈtɛnd



Definition of contended

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Old French contendre, from Latin contendere "to stretch out, strive after," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + tendere "to stretch" (see tenet). Related: Contended; contending.
  • verb compete, fight
  • verb argue
Example sentences :
  • Gotleib contended that Arledge could sustain the reduction required.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • God gives spiritual rewards, it is contended, not material ones.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • There was, he contended, some diversion and diversity in card-playing.
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • From the earliest times it has been contended that woman is undeveloped man.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • Weissman and his co-workers have contended that this unaided principle will serve.
  • Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
  • “Ministers must always be listened to with respect,” he contended.
  • Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
  • Mr. H., on the contrary, contended that he was a party aiding and assisting.
  • Extract from : « Patrick Henry » by Moses Coit Tyler
  • It is not contended, however, that every laborer actually does this.
  • Extract from : « Rural Life and the Rural School » by Joseph Kennedy
  • He contended that the fellow was very good with sheep, but was not fit for any girl to marry.
  • Extract from : « Amy Foster » by Joseph Conrad
  • Slade contended that one kind of marriage was as good as another.
  • Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet

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