contest - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'contest' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Contest

[ n.]

- Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.
- Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter.

2 . Contest

[ v. i.]

- To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with.

3 . Contest

[ v. t.]

- To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.
- To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.
- To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.

Meaning of 'contest' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . contest

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation

Example in sentence:

They contested the outcome of the race

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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Sales contest
A competition designed to stimulate sales efforts by offering prizes to salespeople, distributors, or retailers who meet certain sales goals in
Incontestable clause
Incontestable clause is a contractual provision in a life insurance policy stating that the insurer cannot contest the policy after it has been in force two years

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