Definition of Contend

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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.

Related Definitions:

Argue, Contest, Debate, Defend, Discussion, Dispute, Engage, Exert, Fight, For, In, Obtain, Of, One, Opposition, Or, Possession, Quarrel, Retain, Self, Strive, Struggle, To, Vie

Contend Quotations

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

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

Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.
Mao Tse-Tung

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

War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.
Thomas Hobbes

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.
Baltasar Gracian

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

I contend the state ought to do its thing and provide legal rights for all couples who want to be joined together for life. The church should bless unions that it sees fit to bless, and they should be called marriages.
Tony Campolo

Contend Translations

contend in French is contestez, contestent, contestons
contend in German is disputieren
contend in Spanish is contienda

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