English-French translations for contend

• concourir
• lutter
  Je viens d’une province qui doit régulièrement lutter contre les inondations. I am from a province which has to contend with floods on a regular basis.
  Si vous voulez remplacer l’égoïsme par la solidarité, vous devez lutter pour l’économie sociale de marché. If you want to replace egoism with solidarity, you have to contend for the social market economy.
  Jusqu'il y a peu, les États membres étaient virtuellement isolés pour lutter contre ces problèmes. Until recently, Member States have had to contend with and fight against such problems in virtual isolation.
• rivaliser

Definition of contend

• To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight
• To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend
• To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue
• To believe and argue ; to advocate

Examples

• In this paper the author contends that no useful results can be obtained if this method is used.

Related words

• content
• contents
• contented
• contentment
• contender
• contention
• contentious
• discontent
• discontentment