[
  {
    "word": "contend",
    "phonetic": "/k\u0259n\u02c8t\u025bnd/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/k\u0259n\u02c8t\u025bnd/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/contend-uk.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=81996959",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To believe (something is reasonable) and argue (for it); to advocate.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "In this paper the author contends that no useful results can be obtained if this method is used."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "assert",
          "aver",
          "combat",
          "fight",
          "oppose",
          "vie",
          "contest",
          "debate",
          "dispute",
          "litigate",
          "emulate",
          "strive",
          "struggle"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/contend"
    ]
  }
]