Contend with
Contend with verb - To strive to reduce or eliminate.
Usage example: medical missionaries who daily contend with disease and poverty
Meet and contend with are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Meet" instead a verb "Contend with".
Meet
Meet verb - To come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face.
Contend with and meet are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contend with" instead a verb "Meet".
Nearby Word: meeting
Mutual synonyms
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