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contendverb to engage in a contesttwo traditional rivals contending for the championship battle, compete, face off, fight, race, rival, vie challenge, engage, playjockey, jostle, maneuvergo out, try outtrain, work to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under considerationcontended that the senator's considerable experience made him the best candidate argue, assert, maintain, plead, reason adduce, cite, mentionclaim, insistaffirm, aver, avouch, avowadvance, give, offer, propose, submitadvise, counsel, recommend, suggest, urgeconvince, persuadeadvocate, champion, defend, enforce, espouse, supportexplain, justify, rationalizeconsider, debate, discussconfute, counter, disprove, rebut, refute to state as a fact usually forcefullycontended that his opponent was wrong about practically everything affirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch, avow, claim, declare, insist, maintain, profess, protest, purport, warrant announce, broadcast, proclaimargue, rationalize, reasonconfirm, justify, vindicatedefend, persevere, support, upholdreaffirm, reassert put forth deny, gainsay abandondisavow, disclaim, disown, negate, negative, reject, repudiatechallenge, dispute, questionconfute, disprove, rebut, refutecontradict, counter in the 15th century |