contend+with

  • 1contend with — index confront (oppose) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2contend with — con ˈtend with [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they contend with he/she/it contends with present participle contending with past tense contended with …

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  • 3contend with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms contend with : present tense I/you/we/they contend with he/she/it contends with present participle contending with past tense contended with past participle contended with to have to deal with problems or… …

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  • 4contend with something — conˈtend with sth/sb derived to have to deal with a problem or with a difficult situation or person • Nurses often have to contend with violent or drunken patients. Main entry: ↑contendderived …

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  • 5contend with somebody — conˈtend with sth/sb derived to have to deal with a problem or with a difficult situation or person • Nurses often have to contend with violent or drunken patients. Main entry: ↑contendderived …

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  • 6contend with — Synonyms and related words: a outrance, bandy with, battle, battle it out, bump heads, care for, challenge, complain, complain loudly, confront, cope with, cross swords with, deal with, dispute, dissent, do with, engage with, exchange shots, face …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 7contend with — Syn: cope with, struggle with, grapple with, deal with, take on, handle …

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  • 8contend with — argue with , debate with …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 9contend with/against — struggle to surmount (a difficulty). → contend …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 10contend — 1 Contend, fight, battle, war come into comparison when they mean to strive in opposition to someone or something. Contend, the most general of these words, always implies a desire or an effort to overcome that which is opposed, but it may imply… …

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