“I only contend that it is possible in England,” replied Hamidullah, who had been to that country long ago, before the big rush, and had received a cordial welcome at Cambridge.
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India
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Merriam-Webster
— to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : STRUGGLE
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Macmillan
— to claim that something is true
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Collins
— If you have to contend with a problem or difficulty, you have to deal with it or overcome it.
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1 use of ‘contend’ in A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster