English > contend: 6 senses > verb 4, social| Meaning | Come to terms with. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
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| Synonyms | cope, get by, make out, make do, grapple, deal, manage |
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| Narrower | fend | try to manage without help |
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| hack, cut | Be able to manage or manage successfully |
| improvise, extemporize | manage in a makeshift way |
| scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by, rub along | manage one's existence barely |
| Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
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| Spanish | abordar, arreglárselas, conformarse, contender, encarar, grapar, industriarse, ingeniarse, soportar, tramitar, tratar |
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| Catalan | abordar, encarar, enfrontar-se, fer front a, plantar cara a, resistir, sortir-se'n, suportar, tramitar |
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English > contend: 6 senses > verb 5, competition| Meaning | compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
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| Synonyms | compete, vie |
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| Entailed by | contend, fight, struggle | Be engaged in a fight |
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| keep up | Maintain a required pace or level |
| lead, top | Be ahead of others |
| lose | fail to win |
| meet, encounter, play, take on | contend against an opponent in a sport, game / game, or battle |
| overtake, catch, catch up with | catch up with and possibly overtake / overtake |
| score, hit, tally, rack up | gain points in a game / game / game |
| win | Be the winner in a contest or competition |
| Narrower | emulate | compete with successfully |
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| equal, touch, rival, match | Be equal to in quality or ability |
| play | participate in games / games or sport |
| race, run | compete in a race |
| rival | Be the rival of, be in competition with |
| run off | decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff |
| try for, go for | make an attempt at achieving something |
| Spanish | competer, competir, contender, medirse, rivalizar |
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| Catalan | competir, contendir, contendre |
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| Nouns | contender | the contestant you hope to defeat |
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| contention | the act of competing as for profit / profit or a prize |
English > contend: 6 senses > verb 6, competition| Meaning | Be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Example | "Militant groups are contending for control of the country" |
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| Synonyms | fight, struggle |
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| Entails | compete, vie, contend | compete for something |
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| Entailed by | defend | Be on the defensive |
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| Narrower | attack, assail | launch an attack or assault on |
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| bandy | Exchange blows |
| battle, combat | Battle or contend against in or as if in a battle |
| bear down | Exert full strength |
| box | Engage in a boxing match |
| chicken-fight, chickenfight | fight while sitting on somebody's shoulders |
| duel | fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman |
| engage, wage | carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns) |
| fence | fight with fencing swords |
| feud | carry out a feud |
| fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend | fight against or resist strongly |
| fight back | defend oneself |
| fistfight | fight with the fists |
| join battle | Engage in a conflict |
| joust | joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback |
| scuffle, tussle | fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters |
| settle, get back | Get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury |
| skirmish | Engage in a skirmish |
| spar | fight with spurs |
| tourney | Engage in a tourney |
| tug | struggle in opposition |
| war | make or wage war |
| wrestle | Engage in a wrestling match |
| Spanish | batallar, combatir, esforzarse con denuedo, forcejear, lidiar, luchar, pelear, pugnar |
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| Catalan | barallar-se, barallar, batallar, lluitar, pugnar |
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