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Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | contend |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Synonyms: | belligerent, contentious, contradictious, disputable, disputatious, dissentious, factious, hostile, litigious, mutinous, seditious, taurine, turbulent |
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Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | contend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Synonyms: | altercation, competition, contention, contestation, controversy, dissidence, donnybrook, litigiosity, rivalry |
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | contend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To strive in opposition. |
| Synonyms: | battle, combat, duel, fight, struggle, tilt, war, wrestle |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | contend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Synonyms: | antagonize, argue, assert, avow, bargain, battle, brawl, buffet, bustle, claim, combat, compete, conflict, contest, cope, cross, debate, dispute, encounter, face, fight, grapple, maintain, oppose, oppugn, quarrel, reason, skirmish, squabble, struggle, tug, vie, vindicate, wage, wrestle |
Synonym Collection v1.1
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | argue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To put forth reasons for or against something, often excitedly. |
| Synonyms: | debate, dispute, moot |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | argue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To engage in a quarrel. |
| Synonyms: | bicker, dispute, fight, quarrel, quibble, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | assert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To put into words positively and with conviction. |
| Synonyms: | affirm, allege, argue, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, claim, declare, hold, maintain, say, state |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | compete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To strive against (others) for victory. |
| Synonyms: | contest, emulate, rival, vie |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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