contend

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Plain form
contend

Third-person singular
contends

Past tense
contended

Past participle
contended

Present participle
contending

  1. (intransitive) If you contend that something is true, you state or argue that it is true.
    The government contends that he is fundamentalist.
  2. (intransitive) If you contend with someone for something such as power, you compete with them to try to get it.