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contending with

contending with is the present participle and gerund of contend with.

Meaning of contend 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

Questions about contending with

What is contending with the present participle and gerund of?
Contending with is the present participle and gerund of contend with.

Words near contending with in the dictionary

  1. contenders
  2. contendership
  3. contendest
  4. contendeth
  5. contending
  6. contending with
  7. contendingly
  8. contendings
  9. contends
  10. contends with
  11. contenement

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Adapted from Wiktionary: contending with (page history and authors); contend with (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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