Antonyms for contends


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


Definition of contends

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 :
  • Basilus, to save a young man, contends personally with the Evil One.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • It also contends that "the transactions of the Board ought not to be canvassed in the newspapers."
  • Extract from : « Great Astronomers » by R. S. Ball
  • Still he contends that these may be explained on the doctrine of evolution.
  • Extract from : « Evolution in Modern Thought » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Yet sometimes the love which I have for them contends with the love which I have for you.
  • Extract from : « The Home » by Fredrika Bremer
  • He contends that it is better to be without soap than without society.
  • Extract from : « Gilbert Keith Chesterton » by Patrick Braybrooke
  • Too much attention is, he contends, paid to the time of the Stuarts onwards.
  • Extract from : « Gilbert Keith Chesterton » by Patrick Braybrooke
  • Poliolioli contends that there were five hundred and eighty-five guests.
  • Extract from : « Terribly Intimate Portraits » by Nol Coward
  • Woman just now, he contends, is passing through her college period.
  • Extract from : « The Angel and the Author - and Others » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • Issachar, he contends, remained with the Medes and Persians.
  • Extract from : « Diary in America, Series Two » by Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)
  • The Declaration of 1618 contends, truly or untruly, that no miners were embarked.
  • Extract from : « Sir Walter Ralegh » by William Stebbing

Synonyms for contends

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