contend
verb
[ kənˈtɛnd ]
• struggle to surmount (a difficulty).
• "she had to contend with his uncertain temper"
Similar:
cope with,
face,
grapple with,
deal with,
take on,
pit oneself against,
resist,
withstand,
• assert something as a position in an argument.
• "he contends that the judge was wrong"
Similar:
assert,
maintain,
hold,
claim,
argue,
profess,
affirm,
aver,
avow,
insist,
state,
declare,
pronounce,
allege,
plead,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘compete for (something)’): from Old French contendre or Latin contendere, from con- ‘with’ + tendere ‘stretch, strive’.
