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Contends

To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

📖 Definitions of "Contends"

verb

1
To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
2
To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
3
To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
4
To believe (something is reasonable) and argue (for it); to advocate.
"In this paper the author contends that no useful results can be obtained if this method is used."

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Contends"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
argueverb	(intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.
contestverb	(countable) A competition.
debateverb	(ambitransitive, reciprocal) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.
competeverb	To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend.
vieverb	(intransitive) To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.
repugnverb	(archaic) To oppose or resist
copeverb	(intransitive) To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.
make doverb	(intransitive, idiomatic, informal) To survive, get by (with), or use whatever is available (due to lack of resources).
get byverb	(intransitive, idiomatic) To subsist; to succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level.
manageverb	(transitive) To direct or be in charge of.
dealverb	(transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
grappleverb	(figuratively, with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.
postulateverb	To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.
make outverb	(slang, chiefly US, intransitive) To embrace and kiss passionately.
fenceverb	(transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
addsverb	(transitive) To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate.
advisesverb	(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
advocatesverb	(transitive) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
affirmsverb	To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
allegesverb	(transitive) To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.