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contended (with)verbpast tense of contend (with) to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficientlya multitude of problems to contend with as soon as he returned to the office addressed, coped (with), fielded, grappled (with), hacked, handled, managed, maneuvered, manipulated, negotiated, played, swung, took, treated engineered, finessed, jockeyedbrought off, carried off, carried out, got off, pulledcommanded, directed, guided, steeredcontrolled, micromanaged, ran(also chiefly dialectical run), regulatedreacted (to), responded (to) came to grips with, had a grip on botched, bungled, foozled, fumbled, goofed (up), loused up, messed (up), mishandled, muffed, scamped to strive to reduce or eliminatemedical missionaries who daily contend with disease and poverty battled, combated(or combatted), countered, fought, opposed, oppugned baffled, checkmated, foiled, frustrated, resisted, thwarted, withstoodconfronted, defied, faced, met advanced, cultivated, encouraged, forwarded, fostered, furthered, nourished, nurtured, promoted abided(also abode), bore, endured, sufferedadvocated, backed, championed, endorsed(also indorsed), supported, upheld |