Contend : (곤란한 문제나 상황과) 씨름하다, (~을 얻으려고) 다투다, 겨루다, (특히 언쟁 중에) 주장하다
Contention : 논쟁, 언쟁, 주장, 견해
Contender : (어떤 것을 두고 겨루는) 도전자, 경쟁자
1)
to contend with something
if you have to contend with difficulties, you have to strive, to struggle against the problems
when I came home this evening, I had to contend with the rush hour traffic
to deal with the diffiiculties of
you have to contend with the problems of eveyday life
to surmount the difficulties of
to cope with
to face
to struggle against
you contend with a probelm with a difficulty
you have to deal with
you have to overcome it
it can be had in life to contend with racism
in life, we have to contend with many difficult problems that need to be overcome, that need to be reserved
to struggle against a difficulty
to tackle
2)
to contend, you can contend in a contest
a contender is a person who is trying to win a contest
to contend to compete in order to win something
my team are contending with various other teams for the championship this year
he is contending against somebody with much more experience than he has
this is to be in competition with
to be directly in competition with an another contender
political parties are contending with each other for power
they are struggling, fighting, clashing
two armies were contending with each other for control of the area
he is contending with me for this job
to vie
this word contend, is clearly related to a contest
in the match he contended every point, he struggled to be the winner in every single
to contend, to strive against difficultieis
to struggle
to strive in competition as in a race
3)
you can also contend that something is ture
if you contend that something is true, you argue that it is true
I contend that what you are trying to persuade us is false
I contend that there is a much better way of doing this
I argue
I maintain
I claim
I say
to contend in a debate
I contend that I am right
to assert
to affirm
to allege
Formality : 6.5
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