contends Definition

argue, grapple, compete, vie, cope, postulate, deal, manage, debate, fence, contest, get by, make do, repugn, argues, make out, asserts, alleges, believes, says, insists, maintains, claims, suggests, complains, emphasizes, considers, stresses, concludes, observes, feels, indicates, deems, affirms, declares, proclaims, defends, recognizes, purports, finds, promotes, adds, professes, pretends, advises, endorses, testifies, confirms, supports, submits, estimates, upholds, bolsters, invokes, pleads, states, notes, advocates, replicates, keeps, holds, opinion, vies, backs, sustains, notice, brings, underpins, support, contented, underlines, contests, concedes, acknowledges, noted, thinks, theorizes, claimed, cites, posits, accuses, speculates, denies, countered, emphasized, explained, warns, disagrees, surmises, blames, testified, concluded, admits, avers, agrees, presumes, misconstrues, rebuts, stated, insinuated,