"contending" meaning in English

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      "form": "more contending",
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    {
      "form": "most contending",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "word": "contendingly"
        },
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          "word": "noncontending"
        },
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  "word": "contending"
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "present participle and gerund of contend"
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        "present"
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  ],
  "word": "contending"
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    {
      "form": "contendings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "a. 1752, Ralph Erskine, The Lamb in the midst of the Throne (sermon)",
          "text": "in the midst of some contendings in the Church, about the government of his house"
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  "word": "contending"
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      "word": "contendingly"
    },
    {
      "word": "noncontending"
    },
    {
      "word": "uncontending"
    }
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      "form": "more contending",
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      "form": "most contending",
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  "word": "contending"
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        "present participle and gerund of contend"
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  "word": "contending"
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