Contest - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a struggle between rivals
verb
Extra examples
She plans to contest a seat in Congress next year.
Both candidates have agreed to another debate before this hotly contested election.
Contest winners receive a cash prize.
Will you enter the contest?
She hopes to win the contest for mayor.
Democrats and Republicans are engaged in a contest for control of the House of Representatives.
The dogs are carefully trained not to engage in contest with the bear.
He contested the right of the pope to give them absolution.
There was none of the house of Godwine to contest the crown.
He dares in dazzle with Jove contest.
He contested Adam Smith's chair of moral philosophy.
Stone decided to hold a contest to see who could write the best song.
I only entered the contest for fun.
It is clear that the election will be a close contest.
His brothers are contesting the will.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: contest
he/she/it: contests
present participle: contesting
past tense: contested
past participle: contested
singular: contest
plural: contests
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