contended

Meaning of contended

verb
  1. To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
  2. To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
  3. To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
  4. To believe (something is reasonable) and argue (for it); to advocate.
    In this paper the author contends that no useful results can be obtained if this method is used.

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  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of contended

con-tended

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • contended is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

contended synonyms

Meaning :

assert, aver, combat, fight, oppose, vie, contest, debate, dispute, litigate, emulate, strive, struggle

Words that rhyme with contended

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