New English-Irish Dictionary

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contend

1 verb compete INTRANSITIVEto contend with sb for sth bheith in iomaíocht le duine le haghaidh rudathe two groups who are contending for the award an dá ghrúpa atá san iomaíocht don ghradam 2 verb claim, assert TRANSITIVEmaígh verb c m ushe contends that ... maíonn sise go ...

phrasal verbs

contend with

(v + prep) TRANSITIVEtéigh i ngleic le PhrV c m udéileáil le PhrV c m ushe has enough to contend with at the moment tá a dóthain ar a haire faoi láthair, tá a sáith le déanamh aici faoi láthairthey have the populism issue to contend with caithfidh siadsan déileáil le ceist an phobalachais, tá ceist an phobalachais le sárú acusan

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to contend with sb for sth bheith in iomaíocht le duine le haghaidh ruda
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she has enough to contend with at the moment tá a dóthain ar a haire faoi láthair, tá a sáith le déanamh aici faoi láthair
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they have the populism issue to contend with caithfidh siadsan déileáil le ceist an phobalachais, tá ceist an phobalachais le sárú acusan

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