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Contest

Contest Meaning & Definition
Contest Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Contest?

[n] a struggle between rivals
[n] an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
[v] to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Contest: competition | contend | repugn

Related Terms | Find terms related to Contest: abjure | action | altercation | antagonize | argue | argufy | argument | assert the contrary | awake a doubt | bandy words | battle | be contrary to | be diffident | be doubtful | be dubious | be skeptical | be uncertain | beat against | beat up against | belie | bicker | bicker over | bickering | bout | box | brawl | breast the wave | broil | brush | buck | buffet | buffet the waves | call in question | call into question | cat-and-dog life | cavil | challenge | championship | choplogic | clash | close | close with | collide | combat | come to blows | compete with | competition | concours | conflict | confute | contend | contend about | contend against | contention | contentiousness | contestation | contradict | contravene | controversy | controvert | counter | cross | cross swords | cut and thrust | debate | decathlon | deny | derby | disaffirm | disallow | disavow | discept | disclaim | disown | disprove | disputation | dispute | distrust | double-header | doubles | doubt | duel | emulation | encounter | engagement | enmity | event | exchange blows | fence | feud | fight | fight a duel | fight against | fight over | fighting | forswear | foursome | gainsay | game | games | games of chance | give and take | give satisfaction | go | grapple | grapple with | greet with skepticism | gymkhana | half believe | harbor suspicions | hassle | have it out | have reservations | hostility | impugn | join battle with | join issue | join issue upon | jostle | joust | Kilkenny cats | labor against | litigation | lock horns | logomachize | logomachy | match | matching | meet | meeting | militate against | misgive | mistrust | mix it up | moot | negate | not accept | not admit | nullify | object to | offer resistance | Olympic games | Olympics | oppose | oppugn | paper war | pentathlon | pettifog | play | play-off | plead | polemic | polemicize | polemize | proving | quarrel | quarrel over | quarreling | quarrelsomeness | query | question | quibble | race | raise a question | rally | rassle | rebut | recant | refuse to admit | refute | reject | reluct | reluctate | rencontre | renounce | repudiate | retract | revoke | riot | rival | rivalry | run a tilt | runoff | scramble | scrapping | scruple | scuffle | singles | skirmish | smell a rat | spar | sport | squabble over | squabbling | stem the tide | strife | strive | strive against | striving | struggle | struggle against | suspect | take back | take issue with | take on | take sides | test | testing | thrash out | threesome | throw doubt upon | thrust and parry | tilt | tournament | tourney | traverse | treat with reserve | trial | try conclusions | trying | tug-of-war | tussle | twosome | vie with | wage war | war | war of words | warfare | words | wrangle | wrangle over | wrangling | wrestle

See Also | athletic competition | athletic contest | athletics | battle of wits | bidding contest | challenge | chicken | cliffhanger | competition | contention | dispute | field trial | gainsay | game | match | oppose | playoff | popularity contest | race | rivalry | series | social event | spelldown | spelling bee | spelling contest | tournament | tourney | trial

Contest In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*test"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Contesting}.] [F. contester, fr. L. contestari to call to witness, contestari litem to introduce a lawsuit by calling witnesses, to bring an action; con- + testari to be a witness, testic witness. See {Testify}.] 1. To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute. The people . . . contested not what was done. --Locke. Few philosophical aphorisms have been more frequenty repeated, few more contested than this. --J. D. Morell. 2. To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground. 3. (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. {To contest an election}. (Polit.) (a) To strive to be elected. (b) To dispute the declared result of an election. Syn: To dispute; controvert; debate; litigate; oppose; argue; contend.
\Con*test"\, v. i. To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with. The difficulty of an argument adds to the pleasure of contesting with it, when there are hopes of victory. --Bp. Burnet. Of man, who dares in pomp with Jove contest? --Pope.
\Con"test\, n. 1. Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation. Leave all noisy contests, all immodest clamors and brawling language. --I. Watts. 2. Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter. The late battle had, in effect, been a contest between one usurper and another. --Hallam. It was fully expected that the contest there would be long and fierce. --Macaulay. Syn: Conflict; combat; battle; encounter; shock; struggle; dispute; altercation; debate; controvesy; difference; disagreement; strife. Usage: {Contest}, {Conflict}, {Combat}, {Encounter}. Contest is the broadest term, and had originally no reference to actual fighting. It was, on the contrary, a legal term signifying to call witnesses, and hence came to denote first a struggle in argument, and then a struggle for some common object between opposing parties, usually one of considerable duration, and implying successive stages or acts. Conflict denotes literally a close personal engagement, in which sense it is applied to actual fighting. It is, however, more commonly used in a figurative sense to denote strenuous or direct opposition; as, a mental conflict; conflicting interests or passions; a conflict of laws. An encounter is a direct meeting face to face. Usually it is a hostile meeting, and is then very nearly coincident with conflict; as, an encounter of opposing hosts. Sometimes it is used in a looser sense; as, ``this keen encounter of our wits.'' --Shak. Combat is commonly applied to actual fighting, but may be used figuratively in reference to a strife or words or a struggle of feeling.

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