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"Contend"
Keywords:
contest
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struggle
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strive
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quarrel
,
vie
Related Terms:
Controversy
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Contentious
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Debate
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Adversary
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Conflict
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Hostility
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Challenge
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Peremptory
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Litigious
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Struggle
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Dispute
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Hostile witness
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Vindicate
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Argument
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Demagogue
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Hostile
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Allege
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Quarrel
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Impartial
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Engagement
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Defence
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Contention
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Argue
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Resolve
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Polemic
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Negation
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Contested
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Court
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Contest
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Special pleading
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Opponent
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Rival
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Eristic
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Admit
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Enemy
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General denial
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Reasonable doubt
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Plead
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Rebut
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Ad hominem attack
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Assertive
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Rally
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Affirmative defense
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Suppress
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Justify
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Admission
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Foe
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Refutation
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Trial
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Disagreement
To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
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To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
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To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
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To struggle for; to contest.
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to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race"
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compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
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loaf
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gallon
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bread
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deal
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half
come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
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Keywords:
argument
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something
have an argument about something
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Keywords:
assert
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future
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maintain
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communism
maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future"
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