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kən'tendVerbбороться; вступать в единоборство; противостоять; сопротивлятьсяExamples
to contend with / against smb. / smth. — бороться с кем-л. / чем-л., против кого-л. / чего-л.
to contend for the faith — сражаться за веру
We try to make the trains run on time, but we can't contend against the weather. — Мы пытаемся наладить расписание поездов, но мы не можем воевать с погодой.
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contend
verb
| Basic forms | |
|---|---|
| Past | contended |
| Imperative | contend |
| Present Participle (Participle I) | contending |
| Past Participle (Participle II) | contended |
| Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I contend | we contend |
| you contend | you contend |
| he/she/it contends | they contend |
| Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am contending | we are contending |
| you are contending | you are contending |
| he/she/it is contending | they are contending |
| Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have contended | we have contended |
| you have contended | you have contended |
| he/she/it has contended | they have contended |
| Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been contending | we have been contending |
| you have been contending | you have been contending |
| he/she/it has been contending | they have been contending |
| Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I contended | we contended |
| you contended | you contended |
| he/she/it contended | they contended |
| Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was contending | we were contending |
| you were contending | you were contending |
| he/she/it was contending | they were contending |
| Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had contended | we had contended |
| you had contended | you had contended |
| he/she/it had contended | they had contended |
| Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been contending | we had been contending |
| you had been contending | you had been contending |
| he/she/it had been contending | they had been contending |
| Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will contend | we shall/will contend |
| you will contend | you will contend |
| he/she/it will contend | they will contend |
| Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be contending | we shall/will be contending |
| you will be contending | you will be contending |
| he/she/it will be contending | they will be contending |
| Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have contended | we shall/will have contended |
| you will have contended | you will have contended |
| he/she/it will have contended | they will have contended |
| Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been contending | we shall/will have been contending |
| you will have been contending | you will have been contending |
| he/she/it will have been contending | they will have been contending |
| Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would contend | we should/would contend |
| you would contend | you would contend |
| he/she/it would contend | they would contend |
| Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would be contending | we should/would be contending |
| you would be contending | you would be contending |
| he/she/it would be contending | they would be contending |
| Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have contended | we should/would have contended |
| you would have contended | you would have contended |
| he/she/it would have contended | they would have contended |
| Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have been contending | we should/would have been contending |
| you would have been contending | you would have been contending |
| he/she/it would have been contending | they would have been contending |
| Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am contended | we are contended |
| you are contended | you are contended |
| he/she/it is contended | they are contended |
| Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am being contended | we are being contended |
| you are being contended | you are being contended |
| he/she/it is being contended | they are being contended |
| Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been contended | we have been contended |
| you have been contended | you have been contended |
| he/she/it has been contended | they have been contended |
| Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was contended | we were contended |
| you were contended | you were contended |
| he/she/it was contended | they were contended |
| Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was being contended | we were being contended |
| you were being contended | you were being contended |
| he/she/it was being contended | they were being contended |
| Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been contended | we had been contended |
| you had been contended | you had been contended |
| he/she/it had been contended | they had been contended |
| Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be contended | we shall/will be contended |
| you will be contended | you will be contended |
| he/she/it will be contended | they will be contended |
| Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been contended | we shall/will have been contended |
| you will have been contended | you will have been contended |
| he/she/it will have been contended | they will have been contended |