Contender

Definition

contend /kǝn'tend/ v ၁။ ~ with/against sb/sth; ~ for sth ဖက္ၿပိဳင္သည္။ ယွဥ္ၿပိဳင္သည္။ ရင္ဆိုင္သည္။ Several teams are contending for (ie trying to win) the prize. ❍ She's had a lot of problems to contend with. ❍ a struggle between contending (ie rival) groups. ၂။ (no passive) အခိုင္အမာေျပာသည္။ ရဲရဲေျပာသည္။ I would contend that unemployment is our most serious social evil. ❏ contender n ၿပိဳင္ပြဲဝင္။ ၿပိဳင္ဘက္။ the two contenders for the heavyweight title.

Examples

1. [contend that] : Critics of the school system contend that not enough emphasis is placed on creativity.
2. [contend for] : The two teams contending for the championship are very evenly matched.