contended
past simple and past participle ofcontend
| 单词 | contended |
| 释义 | contended past simple and past participle ofcontend contend verb uk/kənˈtend/us/kənˈtend/contendverb(COMPETE)[I] tocompeteinordertowinsomething: There are threeworld-classtennisplayerscontendingforthistitle. He's contendingagainstsomeone withtwicehisexperience. Competing and contending (non-sporting)
contendverb(CLAIM)[T+ (that)]formal to say that something istrueor is afact: Thelawyercontended(that)herclienthad never been near thesceneof thecrime. Assertions & asserting
Phrasal verbcontend withsomething Examplesofcontendedcontended In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The defendant healthcare professionalscontendedthat the families greatly exaggerated both the severity of the patients' pain and the professional unresponsiveness to it. From theCambridge English Corpus It is the latter option, it iscontended, that can be seen as the more demonstrable of the two. From theCambridge English Corpus The term "willful" seemed to escape proper notice, partially because the petitioners nevercontendedthat they had not acted willfully. From theCambridge English Corpus The unity they posited in the nationcontendedwith invidious racial, ethnic, and religious distinctions. From theCambridge English Corpus Hecontendedthat the preference was entirely aesthetic. From theCambridge English Corpus Within this political system, various world viewscontendedwith one another and periods marked by the domination of changing substructures followed one another. From theCambridge English Corpus The national secretariatcontendedwith a constant lack of money and personnel, and the organisation only received a limited number of national offices. From theCambridge English Corpus If a law to secure collective title were passed and widely applied, shecontended, it would constitute an act of oppression. From theCambridge English Corpus As already noted, hecontendedthat foreigners would strengthen the national organism by assimilating into it. From theCambridge English Corpus Now the individual's new commitment to the true faithcontendedwith the ancient loyalties of the subject to one's liege lord. From theCambridge English Corpus Serious tensions arose as older and newer groups (the latter representing entrepreneurs and the professional middle classes)contendedfor political and economic power. From theCambridge English Corpus He thuscontendedthat labour mobility was neither hindered nor monitored. From theCambridge English Corpus It is oftencontendedthat social isolation, loneliness and the absence of a social support network are common problems of later life. From theCambridge English Corpus Shecontendedthat this tendency emerges after the child's fourth year, coupled with cognitive advances that also show a new tendency toward precision. From theCambridge English Corpus It should be stressed that it is not beingcontendedthat either of the impersonal approaches would constitute an axiom that is internally logically incoherent. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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