v. 25B6; verb
the pilot had to contend with torrential rain : COPE WITH, face, grapple with, deal with, take on, pit oneself against.
three main groups were contending for power : COMPETE, vie, contest, fight, battle, tussle, go head to head; strive, struggle.
he contends that the judge was wrong : ASSERT, maintain, hold, claim, argue, insist, state, declare, profess, affirm; allege; formal aver.