Meaning

1 senses

  1. Synonym of deal with.

Examples

7 sentences

  1. The flyweight champion contended with a strong challenger.

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  2. They contended with each other for the prize.

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  3. He has to contend with many difficulties in his new job.

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  4. Besides those serious problems, he had to contend with all sorts of people.

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  5. In kendo, two people, each equipped with a bamboo sword, contend with each other.

    ruВ кэндо состязаются двое людей, каждый из которых вооружен бамбуковым мечом. — yurusu

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Forms

contends with, contending with, contended with, contended with
Base formcontend with · to contend with
3rd person singularcontends with
Present participlecontending with
Past simplecontended with
Past participlecontended with

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycontend with
he, she, itcontends with

Past simpleLesson

all personscontended with

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave contended with
he, she, ithas contended with

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill contend with

Synonyms

1 synonyms
deal with

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
contemptiblecontemptuousC2contemptuouslyC2contendcontendercontentB2
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