contend
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
maintain or assert
He contended that Communism had no future
Types & categories
- claim hypernym
Related & opposite
- contention derivation
Sense 2 verb
have an argument about something
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- argumentation derivation
- controversy derivation
- debater derivation
- moot derivation
- argumentative derivation
- disagree entails
Sense 3 verb
to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
They contested the outcome of the race
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- contest derivation
- controversy derivation
- contestee derivation
- contester derivation
- incompatibility derivation
- contestable derivation
Sense 4 verb
come to terms with
We got by on just a gallon of gas
Types & categories
Sense 5 verb
compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- rivalry derivation
- rival derivation
- competitive derivation
Sense 6 verb
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
the tribesmen fought each other
Types & categories
- bear down hyponym
- fistfight hyponym
- join battle hyponym
- tug hyponym
- fight down hyponym
- get back hyponym
- fight back hyponym
- battle hyponym
- war hyponym
- attack hyponym
- duel hyponym
- joust hyponym
- chicken-fight hyponym
- tourney hyponym
- feud hyponym
- skirmish hyponym
- bandy hyponym
- fence hyponym
- box hyponym
- spar hyponym
- tussle hyponym
- wrestle hyponym
- wage hyponym
Related & opposite
- repulse also see
- fight derivation
- engagement derivation
- conflict derivation
- fighting derivation
- fighter aircraft derivation
- fighter derivation
- compete entails
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | contention |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | claim |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | argumentation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | controversy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | debater |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | moot |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | argumentative |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | disagree |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | converse |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stickle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spar |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bicker |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | quarrel |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | oppose |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | contest |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | controversy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | contestee |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | contester |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | incompatibility |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | contestable |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | oppose |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dispute |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | extemporize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | fend |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | hack |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | squeak by |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cope with |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | rivalry |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | rival |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | competitive |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | try for |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | play |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | run off |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | race |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | rival |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | emulate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | rival |
| 6 | also see | Related & opposite | repulse |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | fight |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | engagement |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | conflict |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | fighting |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | fighter aircraft |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | fighter |
| 6 | entails | Related & opposite | compete |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | bear down |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | fistfight |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | join battle |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | tug |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | fight down |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | get back |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | fight back |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | battle |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | war |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | attack |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | duel |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | joust |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | chicken-fight |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | tourney |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | feud |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | skirmish |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | bandy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | fence |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | box |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | spar |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | tussle |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrestle |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | wage |