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- contend with
contend with
contend with someone (for something)
and contend (with someone) for somethingto fight someone for something; to compete with someone to win something. I don't want to have to contend with Sally for the award. I don't want to have to contend for the job with Ed.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Nona (2) | | - | English, Ancient Roman (Rare) |
Ghjuvan | | - | Corsican |
Carloman | | - | History, Ancient Germanic |
Santa | | SAHN-tah | Italian |
Theodore | | THEE-ə-dawr | English |
Cintia | | THEEN-tyah (Spanish), SEEN-tyah (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish, Hungarian |