to contend is a form of:
Contend
verb — past tense: contended ; past participle: contended ; present participle: contending ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) ~ with against somebody something; ~ for something (to, strive or fight or struggle, to assert, to argue, to compete, vie) ចំបាប់គ្នា, ប្រយុទ្ធ, ប្រឆាំង, ពុះពារ, contend for the title ប្រជែង, contend with ប្រឈមដោះស្រាយ
- 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ប្រជែង, អះអាង
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To hold to be a fact, to assert) ប្រកែក, ជំទាស់
Example: Builders of the Panama Canal had to contend with insects and hot weather, Louis Pasteur contended that germs can be destroyed by heat.contend that ពោលអះអាង
Example: A teacher sometimes has to contend with students who misbehave.
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: contended ; past participle: contended ; present participle: contending ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To struggle for; to contest.
- 1.
- argue, battle, compete, contest, debate, dispute, fight, rival, 'struggle, vie
- 2.
- accuse, affirm, assert, aver, claim, testify