Contend



verbpast 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
verbpast 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