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Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.
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Meaning of "contending" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONTENDING

contending  [kənˈtɛndɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTENDING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Contending is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CONTENDING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of contending in the English dictionary

The definition of contending in the dictionary is competing, opposed.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONTENDING


ascending
əˈsɛndɪŋ
condescending
ˌkɒndɪˈsɛndɪŋ
defending
dɪˈfɛndɪŋ
descending
dɪˈsɛndɪŋ
ending
ˈɛndɪŋ
goaltending
ˈɡəʊlˌtɛndɪŋ
high-spending
ˌhaɪˈspɛndɪŋ
impending
ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ
lending
ˈlɛndɪŋ
mending
ˈmɛndɪŋ
moneylending
ˈmʌnɪlɛndɪŋ
offending
əˈfɛndɪŋ
parascending
ˈpærəˌsɛndɪŋ
pending
ˈpɛndɪŋ
unattending
ˌʌnəˈtɛndɪŋ
unbending
ʌnˈbɛndɪŋ
uncomprehending
ˌʌnkɒmprɪˈhɛndɪŋ
unending
ʌnˈɛndɪŋ
unoffending
ˌʌnəˈfɛndɪŋ
unpretending
ˌʌnprɪˈtɛndɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTENDING

contend
contendent
contender
contendingly
contenement
content
content provider
content word
content-addressable storage
contentation
contented
contentedly
contentedness
contention
contentious
contentiously
contentiousness
contentless
contentment
contents

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTENDING

according
binding
bonding
branding
corresponding
demanding
expanding
finding
founding
funding
grinding
landing
outstanding
pounding
sounding
spending
standing
surrounding
understanding
vending
winding

Synonyms and antonyms of contending in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONTENDING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «contending» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of contending

Translation of «contending» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONTENDING

Find out the translation of contending to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of contending from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «contending» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

百家争鸣
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contendiendo
570 millions of speakers

English

contending
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

contending
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

معتبرا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

утверждая,
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

argumentando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতিবাদী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

soutenant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bertanding
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

streit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

競合
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경쟁
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Contending
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tranh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எம்முடன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Contending
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çekişen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sostenendo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

twierdząc,
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стверджуючи ,
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

susținând
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποστηρίζοντας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

strydende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

conten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

motstrid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of contending

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTENDING»

The term «contending» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.146 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTENDING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about contending

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9 QUOTES WITH «CONTENDING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word contending.
1
Seamus Heaney
Without needing to be theoretically instructed, consciousness quickly realizes that it is the site of variously contending discourses.
2
Joseph Lancaster
Many thousands of youth have been deprived of the benefit of education thereby, their morals ruined, and talents irretrievably lost to society, for want of cultivation: while two parties have been idly contending who should bestow it.
3
Robert Dale Owen
If, amid the multitude of contending counsel, you have hesitated and doubted; if, when a great measure suggested itself, you have shrunk from the vast responsibility, afraid to go forward lest you should go wrong, what wonder?
4
Chaim Potok
To the extent that I come from a deeply religious tradition and have been contending with those beginnings all of my life - that constitutes the subject of much of my early fiction.
5
Douglas Rushkoff
Whether it's watching a $4,000 laptop fall off the conveyor belt at airport security, contending with a software conflict that corrupted your file management system, or begging your family to stop opening those virus-carrying 'greeting cards' attached to emails, all computer owners are highly leveraged and highly vulnerable technology investors.
6
Lincoln Steffens
I have been contending all my life, and always with God.
7
Brian Tracy
Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.
8
Jones Very
Macbeth is contending with the realities of this world, Hamlet with those of the next.
9
Lee Westwood
I've started to show the consistency in majors I had in regular tournaments back in 1998-2000 when I was contending nearly every week.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTENDING»

Discover the use of contending in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to contending and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Contending Forces: A Romance Illustrative of Negro Life ...
Both an extraordinarily detailed examination of black life in nineteenth-century America and a richly textured and engrossing piece of fiction, Contending Forces remains one of the most important works produced by an African-American before ...
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, 1991
2
Contending Liberalisms in World Politics: Ideology and Power
" "After introducing the theme of contending liberalisms, Richardson traces the emergence over time of a distinctive liberal view of international relations and reviews the present state of liberal IR theory.
James L. Richardson, 2001
3
Contending with Hitler: Varieties of German Resistance in ...
A distillation of recent scholarship on Germany's domestic resistance to the Nazi dictatorship.
David Clay Large, 1994
4
Catholicism Contending with Modernity: Roman Catholic ...
Sketches the ongoing struggle of Christianity to define its relationship to modernity.
Darrell Jodock, 2000
5
Contending Voices, Volume I: To 1877
The paired biographies in the text are followed by a set of four to six related primary sources, many in the individuals' own voices; a Questions to Consider section; and an annotated bibliography.
John Hollitz, 2010
6
Contending with Christianity's Critics: Answering New ...
Eighteen respected modern Christian apologists respond to the popular writings of New Atheists and others who doubt God’s existence, the historical Jesus, and Christian doctrines.
Paul Copan, William Lane Craig, 2009
7
Contending with Destiny: The Caribbean in the 21st Century
The book captures the rich array of ideas practical proposals presented by three Caribbean prime ministers, scholars, policymakers in both the public and private sectors, the NGO community and representatives of regional institutions.
Denis Benn, Kenneth Hall, 2000
8
Contending Visions of the Middle East: The History and ...
This second edition considers how the 'global war on terror' has changed the way the West views the Islamic world.
Zachary Lockman, 2010
9
Contending with Terrorism: Roots, Strategies, and Responses
Experts explore the sources of contemporary terrorism, what terrorists want, and how the United States and other countries should respond.
Michael E. Brown, 2010
10
Contending with Stalinism: Soviet Power and Popular ...
Resistance has become an important and controversial analytical category for the study of Stalinism. The opening of Soviet archives allows historians an unprecedented look at the fabric of state and society in the 1930s.
Lynne Viola, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTENDING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term contending is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Papelbon: Heart, Mind With 'Contending Ballclub' « CBS Philly
And that's to be with a contending ballclub. The ball is in their court, so to speak.” Papelbon has 14 saves in 14 chances with a 1.65 ERA this ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
2
ESPN's Haberstroh: I don't see the Phoenix Suns contending for …
Phoenix Suns guard Eric Bledsoe (2) gestures to an official after being called for a foul in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game against ... «Arizona Sports, Jul 15»
3
Young rotation has Braves already contending
MILWAUKEE -- The short-term future for the Braves may be a bit uncertain. But the long-term future could be both a lot clearer and a lot better. «MLB.com, Jul 15»
4
Cork boss unhappy with eight-week lay-off - RTÉ Sport
Other sides have been contending with even longer breaks from action with Mayo, for example, going all of 13 weeks without a competitive ... «RTE.ie, Jul 15»
5
Billionaire Birla Said to Seek $2.4 Billion Debt Refinance - Bloomberg
Hindalco, whose total debt more than doubled in the four years ended March, is contending with mounting costs at a time when aluminum ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
6
Benefits by the Sea documentary visits the ''Badlands'' of Jaywick in …
This documentary looks at the characters contending with life on the breadline and the daily struggles they face. It follows self-confessed ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
Wall Street divides over eBay-PayPal split - CNBC.com
Expanding in e-commerce means contending with Amazon.com, which is growing more than three times faster than eBay's marketplace and ... «CNBC, Jul 15»
8
1 Prophetic Word and 4 Keys for Intercessors Contending for Revival
A few months ago as I was speaking at a conference the Lord began to release a word concerning alignment. At the time I knew that only part of ... «Charisma News, Jul 15»
9
​Ted Cruz contending for American clown nomination: Analyst
Republican Senator Ted Cruz's comments on foreign policy make him sound like a contender for the United States' “greatest clown nomination ... «Press TV, Jul 15»
10
Report: Phoenix Suns, San Antonio Spurs 'in contending position' for …
ESPN's Marc Stein reported Wednesday that the Suns, who met with Aldridge earlier on Wednesday, have "moved into contending position ... «ABC15 Arizona, Jul 15»

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