contend with

contend with someone (for something)

and contend (with someone) for something

to 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	Pronounced	Usage
Lucia	loo-CHEE-ah (Italian), LOO-tsee-ah (German), LOO-shə (English), loo-SEE-ə (English)	Italian, German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Slovak, Ancient Roman
Madhur	-	Indian, Hindi
Marcella	-	Italian, German, Ancient Roman
Akamu	-	Hawaiian
Rana (2)	-	Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali
RiČArdas	-	Lithuanian