📖 Definitions of "Contest"
noun
- 1
Controversy; debate.
"no contest"
- 2
Struggle for superiority; combat.
- 3
A competition.
"The child entered the spelling contest."
verb
- 1
To contend.
"I will contest for the open seat on the board."
- 2
To call into question; to oppose.
"The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities."
- 3
To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
"The troops contested every inch of ground."
- 4
To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.
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