contend

1. Maintain or assert (synset 200758943)
   "He contended that Communism had no future"
   is a type of: claim - assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing
   same as: postulate
2. Have an argument about something (synset 200775477)
   entail: differ, disagree, dissent, take issue - be of different opinions
   is a type of: converse, discourse - carry on a conversation
   subtypes:

   • stickle - dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points)
   • spar - fight verbally
   • bicker, brabble, niggle, pettifog, quibble, squabble - argue over petty things
   • altercate, argufy, dispute, quarrel, scrap - have a disagreement over something
   • oppose - be against; express opposition to
   same as: argue, debate, fence
3. To make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation (synset 200871260)
   "They contested the outcome of the race"
   is a type of: oppose - be against; express opposition to
   subtypes: challenge, dispute, gainsay - take exception to
   same as: contest, repugn
4. Succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available (synset 202593624)
   "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
   is a type of: act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
   subtypes:

   • extemporize, improvise - manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand
   • fend - try to manage without help
   • cut, hack - be able to manage or manage successfully
   • rub along, scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by - manage one's existence barely
   same as: cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage
5. Compete for something;
   Engage in a contest;
   Measure oneself against others (synset 201074673)
   subtypes:

   • go for, try for - make an attempt at achieving something
   • play - participate in games or sport
   • run off - decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff
   • race, run - compete in a race
   • rival - be the rival of, be in competition with
   • emulate - compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with
   • equal, match, rival, touch - be equal to in quality or ability
   same as: compete, vie
6. Be engaged in a fight;
   Carry on a fight (synset 201092746)
   "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
   entail: compete, contend, vie - compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
   subtypes:

   • bear down - exert full strength
   • fistfight - fight with the fists
   • join battle - engage in a conflict
   • tug - struggle in opposition
   • defend, fight, fight back, fight down, oppose - fight against or resist strongly
   • get back, settle - get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
   • fight back - defend oneself
   • battle, combat - battle or contend against in or as if in a battle
   • war - make or wage war
   • assail, attack - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
   • duel - fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman
   • joust - joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback
   • chicken-fight, chickenfight - fight while sitting on somebody's shoulders
   • tourney - engage in a tourney
   • feud - carry out a feud
   • skirmish - engage in a skirmish
   • bandy - exchange blows
   • fence - fight with fencing swords
   • box - engage in a boxing match
   • spar - fight with spurs
   • scuffle, tussle - fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
   • wrestle - engage in a wrestling match
   • engage, wage - carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
   same as: fight, struggle

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