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contend
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contend as in:  She contended that...

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Her lawyer contends that the contract isn't valid.
contends = claims or says
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    She contends that they quoted her out of context.
    contends = claims
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    I contend, that ... wisdom and intelligence and memory, and their kindred, right opinion and true reasoning, are better and more desirable than pleasure …†  (source)
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    He contended that Communism had no future†
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    He contends that the styles shouldn't be mixed.†
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    Strangely enough, I can give evidence that will demolish one contention of the prosecution.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    We will not dispute it; my contention was absurd.†  (source)
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    It goes to prove my contention that art should never be anything else.†  (source)
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    The justice of her contention came abruptly home to Sheldon.†  (source)
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    When Colonel Lloyd's slaves met the slaves of Jacob Jepson, they seldom parted without a quarrel about their masters; Colonel Lloyd's slaves contending that he was the richest, and Mr. Jepson's slaves that he was the smartest, and most of a man.  (source)
    contending = claiming
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    Arnold contended, only half jokingly, that the entire world was increasingly described by the metaphor of the theme park.  (source)
    contended = claimed
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    A humiliating event in the church, and rising contentions in the village.†  (source)
    contentions = things that are claimed to be true
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
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    UNFERTH CONTENDETH IN WORDS WITH BEOWULF.†  (source)
    CONTENDETH = claims or says
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-eth" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She contendeth" in older English, today we say "She contends."
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    "Well, then we contend that Miss Cardinal is not mentally unfit," countered Cotton.  (source)
    contend = claim or say
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contend as in:  She contended with it

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She contends with headaches.
contends = struggles
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    Politicians have to contend with false attacks.
    contend = struggle
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    "Even if we get the gate open, we still have to contend with the gate itself," he said.  (source)
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    And then there are my wounds to contend with — burns, cuts, and bruises from smashing into the trees, and three tracker jacker stings, which are as sore and swollen as ever.  (source)
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    He has enough attention from other kids without having to contend with that kind of reputation.  (source)
    contend = struggle
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    "If I'm gonna do this, I gotta do it, be the old me. I need something to dive into." Relief flooded Thomas. He'd grown sick of all the contention.  (source)
    contention = argument
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    Cassie's ideas about music, for instance, were a frequent bone of contention in our house.†  (source)
    bone of contention = an issue over which there is ongoing disagreement
    "Editor's Notes"
    This phrase comes from the idea of two dogs fighting over a bone.

    This kind of common phrase (i.e., one whose meaning is not clear through the definition of its separate words) is called an idiom.
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    Now it was starvation, causing us to eat our own flesh;—now we were contending with the waves, and were drowned;—now we were overtaken, and torn to pieces by the fangs of the terrible bloodhound.  (source)
    contending = struggling
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    [Susan] acknowledged her fears, blamed herself for having contended so warmly; and from that hour Fanny, understanding the worth of her disposition and perceiving how fully she was inclined to seek her good opinion and refer to her judgment, began to feel again the blessing of affection, and to entertain the hope of being useful to a mind so much in need of help, and so much deserving it.  (source)
    contended = fought
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    There were no more garden parties to contend with, no more silk stockings except through the black market.  (source)
    contend = struggle
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    Upon reaching the first landing, heard two voices in loud and angry contention--the one a gruff voice, the other much shriller--a very strange voice.  (source)
    contention = argument
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    Always a bone of contention.†  (source)
    bone of contention = an issue over which there is ongoing disagreement
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    And Duncan's horses (a thing most strange and certain), Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race, Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out, Contending 'gainst obedience, as they would make War with mankind.  (source)
    Contending = struggling
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    Will you contend with him?  (source)
    contend = argue
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contend as in:  She contended for the gold medal

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Militant groups are contending for control of the country
contending = competing
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    The teams are in fierce contention for first place.
    contention = competition
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    I wasn't no middleweight contender, but I wasn't bad, either.  (source)
    contender = competitor
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    I've never been a contender in these Games anyway.  (source)
    contender = competitor (with a chance of winning)
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    Another right to the body, it looks like it was low … Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the referee is signaling but the contender keeps raining the blows on Louis.  (source)
    contender = competitor
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    From a scramble of contenders I got one of the jugs, elbowed off a counterattack, opened it, sampled it, choked, and then went through with my original plan by stopping Brinker's mouth with it.  (source)
    contenders = contestants (competitors)
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    He then continued with some remarks about the intellectual turmoil in this field of study, and about the contending schools of thought amongst alienists.  (source)
    contending = competing
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    ...neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he. (16:10)  (source)
    contend = compete
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    "Salamander Army's in contention, anyway," Alai said.  (source)
    contention = competition to win
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    The Houston schools, and any other noncontenders for the national title, are gone.†  (source)
    noncontenders = competitors thought to stand no chance of winning
    standard prefix: The prefix "non-" in noncontenders means not and reverses the meaning of contenders. This is the same pattern you see in words like nonfat, nonfiction, and nonprofit.
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    It's not easy trying to become a contender.  (source)
    contender = contestant (competitor) for a prize
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    Maybe he'd be one of the contenders, maybe he wouldn't have been picked at all ...it was hard to say if the risk would have been worth it in the end.†  (source)
    contenders = contestants (competitors)
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    The winning side in such a conflict depends on what means the contending parties employ towards insuring success.  (source)
    contending = competing
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    I have drugged their possets That death and nature do contend about them, Whether they live or die.  (source)
    contend = compete
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