To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
To call into question; to oppose.
To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.
To contend.
Controversy; debate.
Struggle for superiority; combat.
A competition.
To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest.
To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
To vie; to compete as a rival.