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contend |kənˈtend|verb1 [ no obj. ] (contend with/against) struggle to surmount (a difficulty or danger): she had to contend with his uncertain temper.• (contend for) engage in a competition or campaign in order to win or achieve (something): the local team should contend for a division championship | (as adj.contending) : disputes continued between the contending parties.2 assert something as a position in an argument: he contends that the judge was wrong.DERIVATIVEScontender nounORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘compete for (something)’): from Old French contendre or Latin contendere, from con- ‘with’ + tendere ‘stretch, strive.’

concede |kənˈsēd|verb1 [ reporting verb ] admit that something is true or valid after first denying or resisting it: [ with clause ] : I had to concede that I'd overreacted | [ with obj. ] : that principle now seems to have been conceded.• [ with obj. ] admit (defeat) in a contest: he conceded defeat.• [ with obj. ] admit defeat in (a contest): ready to concede the gold medal.2 [ with obj. ] surrender or yield (something that one possesses): to concede all the territory he'd won.• grant (a right, privilege, or demand): their rights to redress of grievances were conceded once more.• (in sports) fail to prevent the scoring of (a goal or point) by an opponent: the coach conceded three safeties rather than kick into the wind.• allow (a lead or advantage) to slip: he took an early lead that he never conceded.DERIVATIVESconceder noun