{
    "term": "contend",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "contend",
            "heSheIt": "contends"
        },
        "pastSimple": "contended",
        "pastParticiple": "contended",
        "ingForm": "contending"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to say that something is true, especially in an argument",
            "sensetop": "contend that…",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I would contend that the minister's thinking is flawed on this point."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "maintain",
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to compete against somebody in order to gain something",
            "sensetop": "contend (for something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Three armed groups were contending for power."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈtend/",
                "audio": "xc/contend/xcontend__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈtendz/",
                "audio": "xc/contend/xcontends__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈtendɪd/",
                "audio": "xc/contend/xcontended__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈtendɪŋ/",
                "audio": "xc/contend/xcontending__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈtend/",
                "audio": "xc/contend/xcontend__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈtendz/",
                "audio": "xc/contend/xcontends__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈtendɪd/",
                "audio": "xc/contend/xcontended__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈtendɪŋ/",
                "audio": "xc/contend/xcontending__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘compete for (something)’): from Old French contendre or Latin contendere, from con- ‘with’ + tendere ‘stretch, strive’."
}