contest
English
Etymology
French contester, from Old French, from Latin contestor (“to call to witness”)
Pronunciation
Noun
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒn.tɛst/
- (US) enPR: kŏn'tĕst, IPA(key): /ˈkɑn.tɛst/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒntɛst
Verb
Noun
contest (countable and uncountable, plural contests)
- (uncountable) Controversy; debate.
- no contest
- (uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.
- (countable) A competition.
- The child entered the spelling contest.
Synonyms
- (controversy): controversy, debate, discussion
- (combat): battle, combat, fight
- (competition): competition, pageant
Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun "contest"
- pissing contest
- popularity contest
- wet t-shirt contest
- will contest
Translations
controversy
combat — see combat
competition — See also translations at competition
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Verb
contest (third-person singular simple present contests, present participle contesting, simple past and past participle contested)
- (intransitive) To contend.
- I will contest for the open seat on the board.
- Alexander Pope
- Of man, who dares in pomp with Jove contest?
- Bishop Burnet
- The difficulty of an argument adds to the pleasure of contesting with it, when there are hopes of victory.
- (transitive) To call into question; to oppose.
- The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities.
- J. D. Morell
- Few philosophical aphorisms have been more frequently repeated, few more contested than this.
- (transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
- The troops contested every inch of ground.
- (law) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.
Synonyms
- (contend): compete, contend, go in for
- (oppose): call into question, oppose
Antonyms
- (oppose): support
Translations
to contend
to oppose
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