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contendedverbpast tense of contend to engage in a contesttwo traditional rivals contending for the championship battled, competed, faced off, fought, raced, rivaled(or rivalled), vied challenged, engaged, playedjockeyed, jostled, maneuveredtried out, went outtrained, worked(or wrought) 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 argued, asserted, maintained, pleaded(or pled also plead), reasoned adduced, cited, mentionedclaimed, insistedaffirmed, averred, avouched, avowedadvanced, gave, offered, proposed, submittedadvised, counseled(or counselled), recommended, suggested, urgedconvinced, persuadedadvocated, championed, defended, enforced, espoused, supportedexplained, justified, rationalizedconsidered, debated, discussedconfuted, countered, disproved, rebutted, refuted to state as a fact usually forcefullycontended that his opponent was wrong about practically everything affirmed, alleged, asserted, averred, avouched, avowed, claimed, declared, insisted, maintained, professed, protested, purported, warranted announced, broadcast(also broadcasted), proclaimedargued, rationalized, reasonedconfirmed, justified, vindicateddefended, persevered, supported, upheldreaffirmed, reasserted put forth denied, gainsaid abandoneddisavowed, disclaimed, disowned, negated, negatived, rejected, repudiatedchallenged, disputed, questionedconfuted, disproved, rebutted, refutedcontradicted, countered |