Contend Past Tense

The past tense of Contend is contended.

1. contend

verb. ['kənˈtɛnd'] maintain or assert.

Rhymes with Contend

• overextend
• comprehend
• condescend
• transcend
• recommend
• landsend
• apprehend
• suspend
• reoffend
• pretend
• portend
• misspend
• extend
• expend
• echemende
• distend
• befriend
• yearend
• unbend
• relend
• intend
• impend
• descend
• depend
• defend
• commend
• backend
• trend
• spend
• offend

How do you pronounce contend?

Pronounce contend as kənˈtɛnd.

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Sentences with contend

1. Verb, base form
Since that time international players have continued to contend and very often win.

Quotes about contend

1. I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.
- Stephen Roberts

2. Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,So do our minutes hasten to their end;Each changing place with that which goes before,In sequent toil all forwards do contend.
- William Shakespeare, The Sonnets and Narrative Poems

2. contend

verb. ['kənˈtɛnd'] have an argument about something.

3. contend

verb. ['kənˈtɛnd'] to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation.

4. contend

verb. ['kənˈtɛnd'] compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others.

5. contend

verb. ['kənˈtɛnd'] come to terms with.

6. contend

verb. ['kənˈtɛnd'] be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight.