contend
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they contend | |
he / she / it contends | |
past simple contended | |
past participle contended | |
-ing form contending |
- [transitive] contend that… (formal)
to say that something is true, especially in an argument synonym maintainTopics Opinion and argumentc1(尤指在争论中)声称,主张,认为 - [intransitive] contend (for something)
to compete against somebody in order to gain something 竞争;争夺
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘compete for (something)’): from Old French contendre or Latin contendere, from con- ‘with’ + tendere ‘stretch, strive’.