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Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary is based on the world’s largest collection of information about the way the English language is written and spoken in our time—a citation file of over 14½ million examples of English words drawn from actual use, more than 1 million collected since the last edition. The volume also includes: well-drafted Definitions and Pronunciations, Extensive...

con•tend \kən-ˈtend\ verb [Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French contendre, from Latin contendere, from com- + tendere to stretch — more at THIN] (15th century) intransitive verb 1 : to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : STRUGGLE 2 : to strive in debate : ARGUE transitive verb 1 : MAINTAIN, ASSERT 〈contended that he was right〉 2 : to struggle for : CONTEST
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