Farmers in arid regions must contend with unpredictable rainfall and shifting soil conditions.
干旱地区的农民必须与不可预测的降雨和变化的土壤条件作斗争。
Economist Daniel Voss contends that current vacancy rates reflect a temporary adjustment period, and that as leases expire and companies redesign offices for hybrid collaboration, downtown demand will largely recover.
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Economist Julian Marsh contends that rent control policies discourage landlords from investing in new rental units, ultimately reducing the overall housing supply and making the housing shortage worse for everyone, including future tenants.
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Economist Louis Bergman contends that tariffs on imported steel raise costs for domestic industries that use steel as a raw material, such as automakers and construction firms, potentially eliminating more jobs downstream than the tariffs protect upstream.
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Which choice best defines “contend”?
D — To struggle or strive against difficulties or opposition. “contend” means to struggle or strive against difficulties or opposition.
Which word means “to struggle or strive against difficulties or opposition”?
A — contend. “contend” means to struggle or strive against difficulties or opposition.
contend — to struggle or strive against difficulties or opposition. In Chinese: 争斗，斗争，竞争.
contend is pronounced /kənˈtend/.
Farmers in arid regions must contend with unpredictable rainfall and shifting soil conditions. (干旱地区的农民必须与不可预测的降雨和变化的土壤条件作斗争。)
struggle, compete, grapple — all close in meaning to contend (to struggle or strive against difficulties or opposition).
surrender, yield — each the opposite of contend (to struggle or strive against difficulties or opposition).
Yes. contend is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
con(together)+tend(stretch) → stretch together towards a goal → to contend, compete.