CONTEND WITH (SOMETHING)

Meaning of CONTEND WITH (SOMETHING) in English

contend with something phrasal verb ( see also ↑ contend )

to have to deal with something difficult or unpleasant SYN cope with :

The rescue team also had bad weather conditions to contend with.

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CONTEND — combatter, luctar, polemisar, asserter, mantener
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CONTEND — verb see: thin Date: 15th century intransitive verb to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties ; …
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WITH — I. (|)wi]th, ]th, _wə] preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, preposition & adverb, against, opposite, toward, with; akin to …
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CONTEND — kənˈtend verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French contendre, from Latin contendere to stretch vigorously, to …
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CONTEND — (v. t.) To struggle for; to contest.
Английский словарь Webster
CONTEND — (v. i.) To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
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CONTEND — (v. i.) To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
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CONTEND — (v. i.) To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
Английский словарь Webster
CONTEND — ( v. t. ) To struggle for; to contest.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CONTEND — ( v. i. ) To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
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CONTEND — ( v. i. ) To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CONTEND — ( v. i. ) To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
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CONTEND — — contender , n. — contendingly , adv. /keuhn tend"/ , v.i. 1. to struggle in opposition: to contend with …
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CONTEND — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French contendre, from Latin contendere, from com- + tendere to stretch — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CONTEND — vt to struggle for; to contest. 2. contend ·vi to struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession …
Webster English vocab
CONTEND — contend BrE AmE kən ˈtend § ( ˌ ) kɒn- ▷ contend|ed ɪd əd ▷ contend|er/s ə/z AmE - ə …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOMETHING — / ˈsʌmθɪŋ; NAmE / pronoun , adverb ■ pronoun 1. a thing that is not known or mentioned by name …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CONTEND — / kənˈtend; NAmE / verb 1. ( formal ) to say that sth is true, especially in an argument SYN …
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WITH — with S1 W1 /wɪð, wɪθ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: 'against, from, with' ] 1 . …
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SOMETHING
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CONTEND — con ‧ tend /kənˈtend/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: contendre , from Latin …
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WITH — Pronounced /wɪð/ for meanings 20 and 21. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. …
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SOMETHING — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use something to refer to …
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CONTEND — ( contends, contending, contended) 1. If you have to contend with a problem or difficulty, you have to deal with …
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SOMETHING — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES ... or anything/something spoken (= or something of the same kind ) ▪ Would you …
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CONTEND — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB also ▪ He also contends that Democrats have not produced a bumper crop of …
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SOMETHING — [pronoun] - an object, situation, quality or action which is not exactly known or statedThere's something sharp in my shoe.Something …
Cambridge English vocab
CONTEND — Synonyms and related words : affirm, agonize, allege, announce, annunciate, antagonize, argue, argufy, assert, assever, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, bandy …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CONTEND — verb Contend is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ critic , ↑ plaintiff , ↑ report
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CONTEND — v. 25B6; verb the pilot had to contend with torrential rain : COPE WITH, face, grapple with, deal with, take …
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SOMETHING — 1. мест.; неопред.; как сущ. кое-что, нечто, что-нибудь, что-то; до некоторой степени He is something of an artist. ≈ Он …
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CONTEND — гл. 1) бороться против кого-л. (against, with); вступать в противоборство; сопротивляться кому-л./чему-л. тж. перен. We try to make the trains …
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WITH — with.ogg _I 1. wıð = wthe I и II 2. wıð = withe I и II _II wıð prep 1. …
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SOMETHING — something.ogg 1. ʹsʌmθıŋ n 1. какая-л. должность, какое-л. положение ( где-л. ) he is something in the Record Office - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CONTEND — contend.ogg kənʹtend v 1. (for, against, with) бороться, сражаться to contend for truth - сражаться за правду to contend with …
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WITH — _I 1. wıð = wthe I и II 2. wıð = withe I и II _II wıð prep 1. указывает …
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SOMETHING — 1. ʹsʌmθıŋ n 1. какая-л. должность, какое-л. положение ( где-л. ) he is something in the Record Office - он …
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CONTEND — v 1. (for, against, with) бороться, сражаться to contend for truth - сражаться за правду to contend with difficulties - …
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CONTEND — гл. 1) бороться ( с кем-л., с чем-л.; за что-л., за кого-л. ) ; вступать в единоборство, противостоять; сопротивляться ( …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CONTEND — гл. 1) бороться (с кем-л., с чем-л.; за что-л., за кого-л.); вступать в единоборство, противостоять; сопротивляться (кому-л., чему-л.) to contend against smth. …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CONTEND — _v. 1> бороться против кого-л. (against/with) We try to make the trains run on time, but we can't contend against/with …
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CONTEND — v. 1. бороться против кого-л. (against/with) We try to make the trains run on time, but we can't contend against/with …
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CONTEND — _v. 1> бороться 2> соперничать, состязаться (with contend c кем-л., for contend в чём-л.) 3> спорить 4> утверждать, заявлять (that)
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SOMETHING — 1. мест.; неопред.; как сущ. кое-что, нечто, что-нибудь, что-то; до некоторой степени He is something of an artist. ≈ Он …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CONTEND — гл. 1) бороться против кого-л. (against, with); вступать в противоборство; сопротивляться кому-л./чему-л. тж. перен. We try to make the trains …
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SET — I. set 1 S1 W1 /set/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle set , present participle setting …
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HOLD — I. hold 1 S1 W1 /həʊld $ hoʊld/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle held /held/) [ …
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WELL — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
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UP
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TAKE
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OUT
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OPEN — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a competition is open to sb (= used to say who can enter a …
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