Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to contend
Participle: contended
Gerund: contending
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | contend |
| you | contend |
| he;she;it | contends |
| we | contend |
| you | contend |
| they | contend |
Perfect
| I | have contended |
| you | have contended |
| he;she;it | has contended |
| we | have contended |
| you | have contended |
| they | have contended |
Past
| I | contended |
| you | contended |
| he;she;it | contended |
| we | contended |
| you | contended |
| they | contended |
Pluperfect
| I | had contended |
| you | had contended |
| he;she;it | had contended |
| we | had contended |
| you | had contended |
| they | had contended |
Future
| I | will contend |
| you | will contend |
| he;she;it | will contend |
| we | will contend |
| you | will contend |
| they | will contend |
Future Perfect
| I | will have contended |
| you | will have contended |
| he;she;it | will have contended |
| we | will have contended |
| you | will have contended |
| they | will have contended |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | contend |
| you | contend |
| he;she;it | contend |
| we | contend |
| you | contend |
| they | contend |
Perfect
| I | have contended |
| you | have contended |
| he;she;it | have contended |
| we | have contended |
| you | have contended |
| they | have contended |
Imperfect
| I | contended |
| you | contended |
| he;she;it | contended |
| we | contended |
| you | contended |
| they | contended |
Pluperfect
| I | had contended |
| you | had contended |
| he;she;it | had contended |
| we | had contended |
| you | had contended |
| they | had contended |
Conditional
Present
| I | would contend |
| you | would contend |
| he;she;it | would contend |
| we | would contend |
| you | would contend |
| they | would contend |
Perfect
| I | would have contended |
| you | would have contended |
| he;she;it | would have contended |
| we | would have contended |
| you | would have contended |
| they | would have contended |
Imperative
| you | contend |
| we | Let's contend |
| you | contend |
Verbs conjugated like 'contend'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'contend'
content,
contund,
coattend,
coextend,
commend,
consent,
contemn,
contest,
contex,
context,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- battle
- struggle, clash, grapple, encounter, combat, wrangle, tussle, fight
- debate
- dispute, argue, squabble, wrangle, insist, controvert
- compete
- vie, run, strive, oppugn, rival
- assert
- insist, claim, maintain, allege, warrant, charge
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1440, from L.
contendere "to stretch out, strive after," from
com- intensive prefix +
tendere "to stretch" (see tenet).
2. From Middle English contenden, borrowed from Old French contendre, from Latin contendere (“to stretch out, extend, strive after, contend”), from com- (“together”) + tendere (“to stretch”); see tend, and compare attend, extend, intend, subtend. See: Latin '
contendere'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] her hands very eagerly, while her countenance assumed an expression of intense interest; she became very pale; and then suddenly red; hope seemed struggling with doubt and anxiety, and never were contending emotions more strongly painted upon the human face: at this moment of painful uncertainty, the mother drew her close to her side, and kissed her fondly, when at once the truth flashed upon the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] and bright face, raised an instant competition, and half a dozen bids simultaneously met the ear of the auctioneer. Anxious, half-frightened, he looked from side to side, as he heard the clatter of contending bids,—now here, now there,—till the hammer fell. Haley had got him. He was pushed from the block toward his new master, but stopped one moment, and looked back, when his poor old mother, trembling [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] the cause of Human Freedom in the republic of America (strange cause for history to treat of ! ), sufficient regard has not been had to the existence of the first class of persons; and it has been contended that they are hardly used, in being confounded with the second. This is, no doubt, the case; noble instances of pecuniary and personal sacrifice have already had their growth among them; and it is [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] modified. This had been a conceded point with her old mistress, Marie's mother; and “ Miss Marie, ” as Dinah always called her young mistress, even after her marriage, found it easier to submit than contend; and so Dinah had ruled supreme. This was the easier, in that she was perfect mistress of that diplomatic art which unites the utmost subservience of manner with the utmost inflexibility as to [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] and women, in soiled and tattered garments, surly and uncomfortable, and in no mood to look pleasantly on new-comers. The small village was alive with no inviting sounds; hoarse, guttural voices contending at the hand-mills where their morsel of hard corn was yet to be ground into meal, to fit it for the cake that was to constitute their only supper. From the earliest dawn of the day, they had been in [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Who,—who,—who shall separate us from the love of Christ ? ” he said, in a voice that contended with mortal weakness; and, with a smile, he fell asleep.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)