ARGUE vs CONTEND: VERB
- Present reasons and arguments
- Have an argument about something
- To prove.
- To shows grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
- To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints.
- To have an argument, a quarrel.
- To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).
- Give evidence of
- Maintain or assert
- Have an argument about something
- To make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
- Compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
- Come to terms or deal successfully with
- Come to terms with
- Be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
ARGUE vs CONTEND: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason.
- To contend in argument; to dispute; to reason; -- followed by with.
- To engage in a quarrel; dispute.
- To persuade or influence (another), as by presenting reasons.
- To give evidence of; indicate.
- To put forth reasons for or against; debate.
- To put forth reasons for or against something.
- To attempt to prove by reasoning; maintain or contend.
- To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
- To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
- To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
- To assert or maintain.
- To strive in controversy or debate; dispute.
- To strive in competition, as in a race; vie.
- To strive in opposition or against difficulties; struggle.
ARGUE vs CONTEND: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To blame; to accuse; to charge with.
- To persuade by reasons.
- To prove or evince; too manifest or exhibit by inference, deduction, or reasoning.
- To debate or discuss; to treat by reasoning
- To struggle for; to contest.
ARGUE vs CONTEND: OTHER WORD TYPES
- 4. To accuse or charge; impeach or convict: used with of.
- Synonyms Argue, Dispute, Debate, Discuss, plead, expostulate, remonstrate. To argue is to defend one's opinion, or to exhibit reasons or proofs in favor of some assertion or principle; it implies a process of detailed proof by one or more persons. To dispute may be to call in question the statements or arguments of an opposing party: as, to dispute about an award. It often means the alternate giving of reasons, especially by two persons. It is often applied to mere bickering, and is in general less dignified than the other words. To debate is to interchange arguments in a somewhat formal manner, as in debating societies and legislative bodies. To discuss is, by derivation, to shake or knock a subject to pieces in order to find the truth, or the best thing to be done. A debate, therefore, may be viewed as a discussion, or a discussion as a debate. Strictly, a discussion is an amicable presentation of opinions, not limited, like the others, to affirmative and negative sides of a proposition, and with the expectation on the part of all that the conclusion will be the adoption of no one person's opinion or plan unmodified. To argue a point, to dispute a position, to dispute with a neighbor, to debate a motion, to discuss a subject or a plan.
- To evince; render inferable or deducible; show; imply: as, the order visible in the universe argues a divine cause.
- To debate or discuss; treat by reasoning; state the reasons for or against: as, the counsel argued the cause before the Supreme Court; the cause was well argued.
- To contend in argument; dispute: as, you may argue with your friend a week without convincing him.
- To bring forward reasons to support or to overthrow a proposition, an opinion, or a measure; use arguments; reason: as, A argues in favor of a measure, B argues against it.
- To affect in any way by argument; induce a change in the mind of, or in regard to, by persuasion or reasoning: as, to argue one out of his purpose; to argue away a false impression.
- To strive; struggle in opposition or emulation: used absolutely, or with against or with.
- To endeavor; use earnest efforts, as for the purpose of obtaining, defending, preserving, etc.: usually with for before the object striven after.
- To dispute earnestly; strive in debate; wrangle: as, the parties contend about trifles.
- To dispute; contest.
- To assert; affirm; maintain: as, I contend that the thing is impossible.
- Be engaged in a fight
- Measure oneself against others
- Engage in a contest
- Compete for something
- Succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
- Carry on a fight
ARGUE vs CONTEND: RELATED WORDS
- Claim, Think, Prove, Complain, Suggest, Assert, Disagree, Believe, Insist, Say, Fence, Debate, Indicate, Reason, Contend
- Make out, Make do, Get by, Repugn, Contest, Fence, Debate, Manage, Deal, Postulate, Cope, Vie, Compete, Grapple, Argue
ARGUE vs CONTEND: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Deem, Quibble, Infer, Cite, Claim, Think, Prove, Suggest, Assert, Believe, Insist, Say, Fence, Indicate, Contend
- Claim, Believe, Say, Repugn, Make do, Get by, Contest, Fence, Manage, Deal, Postulate, Vie, Compete, Grapple, Argue
ARGUE vs CONTEND: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Argue and be on bad terms with someone.
- Never argue with an attorney or a judge.
- Who has standing to argue that it does?
- People who argue against a are generally intellectualists.
- Father called your name, and who can argue?
- No one can argue with the bottom line.
- Maria Schneider, Darcy James Argue, and Guillermo Klein.
- It is hard to argue with that logic.
- Many could argue he deserves to be in the top five, and it would be hard to argue otherwise.
- Now, debating and great in depth discussions are another that one could argue, heh, is similar to how some people actually argue.
- Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty?
- If you contend, a thousand lives must perish.
- Plaintiffs contend that they would prevail in litigation.
- Isolation: Transactions do not contend with one another.
- Respondents contend that National Home Equity Mortgage Assn.
- Fulton had even greater difficulties to contend against.
- Texas, this lake is something to contend with.
- Go support the Dnd contend creators on FRvid!
- Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; Fight against those who fight against me.
- Lord, we thank You that You said You fight against those who fight against us and You contend with those who contend with us.
ARGUE vs CONTEND: QUESTIONS
- What did John Calhoun argue about the Constitution?
- Does Freedom writers argue for listening to teenagers?
- What did Alexander Hamilton argue in Federalist 78?
- What did Mary Wollstonecraft argue in a vindication?
- What colonies did Hobson argue were economically useless?
- What does Mitchell argue about Katniss's femininity?
- Why do some advocates argue against exemplary damages?
- What do scholars of border dispute argue concomitantly?
- What did Schein argue about disconfirmation anxiety?
- What did the federalists argue for counterbalancing?
- Are the Ravens ready to contend for the AFC North again?
- What is the past tense and past participle of contend?
- What is the meaning of in sequent toil all forwards do contend?
- Do the Bruins have a roster built to contend for Championships?
- Which PGA Tour players are expected to contend at Southern Hills?
- What can I use instead of contend in a crossword puzzle?
- What kind of brakes does the giant contend AR 1 have?
- What is contend earnestly for the faith by Wayne Jackson?
- Do the three religions of one God concur and contend?
- Can Messier and Taiba contend for the Kentucky Derby?