contend
C1UK /kənˈtend/US /kənˈtend/
Meaning
verb
to say that something is true, especially in an argument
“I would contend that the minister's thinking is flawed on this point.”
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“Now, I was quite willing to contend that there were a number of things wrong with the novel, that it had failed in a number of places, but I had not quite”
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Now, I was quite willing to contend that there were a number of things wrong with the novel, that it had failed in a number of places, but I had not quite
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