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Verbs for Facing Challenges

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to face
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to encounter
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to confront
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to tackle
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to deal with
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to see about
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to receive
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to undergo
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to experience
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to grapple with
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to see to
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to resort to
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to fall back on
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to stick at
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to try
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to strive
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to attempt
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to endeavor
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to essay
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to work at
to face
to face
Verb
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a
c
s
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to deal with a given situation, especially an unpleasant one

avoid
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Employees often face challenges in adapting to new workplace policies.
The community regularly faces environmental issues due to pollution.

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to encounter
to encounter
Verb
e
ɪ
n
n
c
k
o
a
u
ʊ
n
n
t
e
ɜ
r
r

to be faced with an unexpected difficulty during a process

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to confront
to confront
Verb
c
k
o
ə
n
n
f
f
r
r
o
ə
n
n
t
t

to face or deal with a problem or difficult situation directly

avoid

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to tackle
to tackle
Verb
t
t
a
æ
ck
k
ə
l
l
e

to try to deal with a difficult problem or situation in a determined manner

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to deal with
to deal with
Verb
uk flag
/ˈdiːl wɪð/

to take the necessary action regarding someone or something specific

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
deal
phrase's particle
with
to see about
to see about
Verb
uk flag
/sˈiː ɐbˈaʊt/

to make arrangements for something to be addressed or completed

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
see
phrase's particle
about
to receive
to receive
Verb
r
r
e
ɪ
c
s
ei
i:
v
v
e

to undergo certain conditions, emotions, or situations

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to undergo
to undergo
Verb
u
ə
n
n
d
d
e
ɜ
r
r
g
g
o

to experience or endure a process, change, or event

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to experience
to experience
Verb
e
ɪ
x
ks
p
p
e
ɪ
r
r
ie
n
n
c
s
e

to go through a difficult event or situation

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to grapple with
to grapple with
Verb
uk flag
/ɡɹˈæpəl wɪð/

to attempt to deal with a challenging or difficult situation or problem

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
grapple
phrase's particle
with
to see to
to see to
Verb
uk flag
/sˈiː tuː/

to attend to a specific task or responsibility

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
see
phrase's particle
to
to resort to
to resort to
Verb
uk flag
/ɹɪzˈɔːɹt tuː/

to do something negative to achieve a goal, often when there are no better options available

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
resort
phrase's particle
to
to fall back on
to fall back on
Verb
uk flag
/fˈɔːl bˈæk ˈɑːn/

to rely on something or ask someone for help, particularly in situations where other options have failed

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
fall
phrase's particle
back on
to stick at
to stick at
Verb
uk flag
/stˈɪk æt/

to continue making efforts toward achieving a goal

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
stick
phrase's particle
at
to try
to try
Verb
t
t
r
r
y

to make an effort or attempt to do or have something

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to strive
to strive
Verb
s
s
t
t
r
r
i
v
v
e

to try as hard as possible to achieve a goal

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to attempt
to attempt
Verb
a
ə
tt
t
e
ɛ
m
m
p
p
t
t

to try to complete or do something difficult

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to endeavor
to endeavor
Verb
e
ɪ
n
n
d
d
ea
ɛ
v
v
o
ɜ
r
r

to make an effort to achieve a goal or complete a task

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to essay
to essay
Verb
e
ɛ
ss
s
a
e
y
ɪ

to make an effort in performing a task or activity

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to work at
to work at
Verb
uk flag
/wˈɜːk æt/

to attempt to improve something

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
work
phrase's particle
at

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