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Consent
- noun - give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"
- permission to do something; "he indicated his consent"
Contemn
- verb - look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
Contend
- verb - be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
- come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
- compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
- have an argument about something
- maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future"
- to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race"
Content
- adjective - everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something; "he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content"
- make content; "I am contented"
- satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are; "a contented smile"
- satisfy in a limited way; "He contented himself with one glass of beer per day"
- something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject"
- the amount that can be contained; "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons"
- the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.
- the state of being contented with your situation in life; "he relaxed in sleepy contentedness"; "they could read to their heart's content"
- the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
Contest
- noun - a struggle between rivals
- an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
- Competition
- fixtures
- to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race"
Context
- noun - discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation
- the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context"
Convect
- verb - circulate hot air by convection
Convene
- verb - call together; "The students were convened in the auditorium"
- meet formally; "The council convened last week"
Convent
- noun - a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together
- a religious residence especially for nuns
Convert
- noun - a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief
- cause to adopt a new or different faith; "The missionaries converted the Indian population"
- change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy; "We converted from 220 to 110 Volt"
- change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change; "The substance converts to an acid"
- change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief; "She converted to Buddhism"
- change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers"
- complete successfully; "score a penalty shot or free throw"
- exchange a penalty for a less severe one
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"
- make (someone) a