Synonym: argue, fight, quarrel, struggle. Similar words: a bone of contention, intend, contest, context, contemplate, contemporary, on the contrary, intent. Meaning: [kən'tend] 
v. 1. maintain or assert 2. have an argument about something 3. to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation 4. compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others 5. come to terms or deal successfully with 6. be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight.
v. 1. maintain or assert 2. have an argument about something 3. to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation 4. compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others 5. come to terms or deal successfully with 6. be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight. 
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123. More recently, he has had to contend with thorny personnel issues.
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125. Likewise, when Hull gained the ball, theysuffered by only having one forward target and also had to contend withan organised Arsenal back line holding high upfield.
126. The guzzlers of Munich's beer halls are the stuff of bacchanalian legend: now they have to contend with rivals hailing from the bars and street stalls of Hanoi and New Delhi.
127. I contend, quite bluntly, that marking a book is not an act of mutilation but love.
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133. Rising because of consumptive doorsill , the meaning of symbolic status is more authoritative, then the plute of the whole world began new round " contend for marines " .
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135. Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtile; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Abeunt studia in morse.
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138. Theologians contend that to clone a human would violate human dignity.
139. Most online daters I know contend that they ignore wordy profiles or contact emails. Leave a little to the imagination, but give just enough of a teaser — like a good coming attraction for a movie.
140. It is contend for at a heat, also should contend for the first.
141. American manufacturers contend that undervalued Chinese currency puts them at a competitive disadvantage and is a key reason for the huge trade gap between the two countries.
142. They crouch on the scratch line, wait for starting gun to ring only, begin intense contend.
143. Histories make men wise; poems nitty ; the mathematics subtile; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.
144. Scientists contend that the money disbursed so far has been spent ineffectually and that a more energetic outreach effort is needed.
145. What did Prussia and Austria contend about in their last war?
146. They contend that land mines could be "sniffed out" by artificial means, in the same way bombs can be sniffed out by dogs.
147. We have had to contend with the disinterest of much of the medical profession about this topic.
148. Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtile, natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.
149. Economics must still contend with scarcity as a basic fact of life.
150. Pakistanis bristle at what they see as growing Indian influence in Afghanistan, and some contend that India funds anti-Pakistan Taliban factions responsible for terrorist bombings.
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