[kənˈtɛnd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- struggle to surmount (a difficulty)
(e.g: she had to contend with his uncertain temper)

- assert something as a position in an argument
(e.g: he contends that the judge was wrong)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘compete for (something)’): from Old French contendre or Latin contendere, from con- ‘with’ + tendere ‘stretch, strive’