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contends
We have found lemma(root) word of contends : contend.
Definitions
[kənˈtɛnd], (Verb)
Definitions:
- struggle to surmount (a difficulty)
(e.g: she had to contend with his uncertain temper)
- assert something as a position in an argument
(e.g: he contends that the judge was wrong)
Phrases:
Origin
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late Middle English (in the sense ‘compete for (something)’): from Old French contendre or Latin contendere, from con- ‘with’ + tendere ‘stretch, strive’
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