To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
Infinitivecontend
Past simplecontended
Past participlecontended
-ing formcontending
Full conjugation of the English verb to contend (past simple contended,
past participle contended):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
contend
you
contend
he/she/it
contends
we
contend
you
contend
they
contend
Present continuous
I
am contending
you
are contending
he/she/it
is contending
we
are contending
you
are contending
they
are contending
Present perfect
I
have contended
you
have contended
he/she/it
has contended
we
have contended
you
have contended
they
have contended
Present perfect continuous
I
have been contending
you
have been contending
he/she/it
has been contending
we
have been contending
you
have been contending
they
have been contending
Past simple
I
contended
you
contended
he/she/it
contended
we
contended
you
contended
they
contended
Past continuous
I
was contending
you
were contending
he/she/it
was contending
we
were contending
you
were contending
they
were contending
Past perfect
I
had contended
you
had contended
he/she/it
had contended
we
had contended
you
had contended
they
had contended
Past perfect continuous
I
had been contending
you
had been contending
he/she/it
had been contending
we
had been contending
you
had been contending
they
had been contending
Future simple
I
will contend
you
will contend
he/she/it
will contend
we
will contend
you
will contend
they
will contend
Future continuous
I
will be contending
you
will be contending
he/she/it
will be contending
we
will be contending
you
will be contending
they
will be contending
Future perfect
I
will have contended
you
will have contended
he/she/it
will have contended
we
will have contended
you
will have contended
they
will have contended
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been contending
you
will have been contending
he/she/it
will have been contending
we
will have been contending
you
will have been contending
they
will have been contending
Conditional
Present
I
would contend
you
would contend
he/she/it
would contend
we
would contend
you
would contend
they
would contend
Present continuous
I
would be contending
you
would be contending
he/she/it
would be contending
we
would be contending
you
would be contending
they
would be contending
Perfect
I
would have contended
you
would have contended
he/she/it
would have contended
we
would have contended
you
would have contended
they
would have contended
Perfect continuous
I
would have been contending
you
would have been contending
he/she/it
would have been contending
we
would have been contending
you
would have been contending
they
would have been contending
Subjunctive
Present
that I
contend
that you
contend
that he/she/it
contend
that we
contend
that you
contend
that they
contend
Past
if I
contended
if you
contended
if he/she/it
contended
if we
contended
if you
contended
if they
contended
Imperative
Affirmative
you
contend
we
let's contend
Negative
you
don't contend
we
let's not contend
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to contend
Perfect infinitive
to have contended
Present participle / gerund
contending
Past participle
contended
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