📖 Definitions of "Contests"
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.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Contests"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| contendverb | (intransitive) To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight. |
| repugnverb | (archaic) To oppose or resist |
| competitionnoun | (uncountable) The action of competing. |
| appealsnoun | A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation. |
| arguesverb | (intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle. |
| assistancenoun | Aid; help; the act or result of assisting. |
| campaignsnoun | A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal. |
| challengesnoun | A confrontation; a dare. |
| competitionsnoun | (uncountable) The action of competing. |
| competitive | Of or pertaining to competition. |
| concoursnoun | A competitive examination, especially in medicine. |
| contendsverb | (intransitive) To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight. |
| contractsnoun | An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement. |
| deniesverb | (transitive) To assert that something is not true. |
| disagreesverb | (intransitive) To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief. |
| dismissesverb | (transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of. |
| disprovesverb | (transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute. |
| disputesnoun | An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree. |
| electionsnoun | A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote. |
| encountersnoun | A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected. |
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