Antonyms for contending


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


Definition of contending

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 :
  • I got through it, only after contending with these impediments for three miles.
  • Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
  • But after contending with himself, he concluded to repeat nothing.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • We hear the fierce roar of the contending surges, yet we see them not.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 » by Various
  • He dressed among the contending lights, and went through his money.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • Are they charioteers of contending pairs of steeds, or pilots of vessels?
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • He will reconcile the contending factions, and unite them against their external enemies.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • He lay still after that, his brain whirling with contending emotions.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge
  • The contending rivals are in reality uniting to stimulate each other.
  • Extract from : « The Ethics of Coperation » by James Hayden Tufts
  • Mr. Blake is only contending that there are two sides to every question.
  • Extract from : « St. Cuthbert's » by Robert E. Knowles
  • The young man was evidently agitated by contending thoughts.
  • Extract from : « The Young Miner » by Horatio Alger, Jr.

Synonyms for contending

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