contend Definition

argue, grapple, compete, vie, cope, postulate, deal, manage, debate, fence, contest, get by, make do, repugn, make out, say, believe, claim, allege, assert, conclude, suggest, confront, face, overcome, pretend, counteract, struggle, battle, maintain, grips, respond, indicate, fight, beat, affirm, declare, sustain, strive, state, make, counter, tackle, submit, hold, purport, address, support, combat, count, endorse, call, dial, compose, insist, concede, defend, deny, prevail, oppose, prove, worry, countered, complain, warn, outargue, acknowledge, argufy, accuse, theorize, decry, propugn, surmise, feared, cite, bemoan, speculated, convinced, grumble, disagree, presume, deem, counterplead, posit, causidical, confound, admit, go against, agree, gainstrive, liken, polemy, scoff, fret, set against, forealleged, sympathize, battling, reckon, overlook,