contend+with
1contend with — index confront (oppose) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2contend 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… …
3contend 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 …
4contend with — Syn: cope with, struggle with, grapple with, deal with, take on, handle …
5contend with — argue with , debate with …
6contend with/against — struggle to surmount (a difficulty). → contend …
7contend — 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… …
8Contend — Con*tend , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Contended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Contending}.] [OF. contendre, L. contendere, tentum; con + tendere to strech. See {Tend}.] 1. To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight. [1913… …
9contend — 01. The runners had to [contend] with a strong headwind in the final of the 10,000 meters. 02. If Canada goes ahead with plans to loosen its drug laws, it will have to [contend] with a very unhappy American government. 03. The government… …
10contend — [[t]kənte̱nd[/t]] contends, contending, contended 1) VERB If you have to contend with a problem or difficulty, you have to deal with it or overcome it. [V with n] It is time, once again, to contend with racism... [V with n] American businesses… …
