Contend
To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
To struggle for; to contest.
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Discussion,
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Vie
Contend Quotations
Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting the progress of the arts and the sciences and a flourishing culture in our land.
Mao Zedong
The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider... the riders contend for its possession.
Martin Luther
It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual degeneration of the human species, that every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.
Charles Dickens
Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for.
Ambrose Bierce
Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.
Honore de Balzac
It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.
Heraclitus
One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is that assumption on the part of the staff that because you have lost your gall bladder you have also lost your mind.
Jean Kerr
The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.
Baltasar Gracian
Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.
Franz Liszt
Contend Translations
contend in French is contestez, contestent, contestons
contend in German is disputieren
contend in Spanish is contienda
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