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contend with

contend with verb: synonym of deal with.

Verb

contend with (third-person singular simple present contends with, present participle contending with, simple past and past participle contended with)

  1. Synonym of deal with.
    Synonyms:
    deal with

Synonyms of contend with

Forms of contend with

third-person singular presentcontends with
present participlecontending with
past participlecontended with
pastcontended with

Questions about contend with

What does contend with mean?
Contend with means synonym of deal with.
What part of speech is contend with?
Contend with is a verb.
What is the past tense of contend with?
The past tense of contend with is contended with.

Words near contend with in the dictionary

  1. contemptuous
  2. contemptuously
  3. contemptuousness
  4. contemptus mundi
  5. contend
  6. contend with
  7. contended
  8. contended with
  9. contendent
  10. contendents
  11. contender

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