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| 1. | a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize. |
| 2. | struggle for victory or superiority. |
| 3. | strife in argument; dispute; controversy: Their marriage was marred by perpetual contest. |
| 4. | to struggle or fight for, as in battle. |
| 5. | to argue against; dispute: to contest a controversial question; to contest a will. |
| 6. | to call in question: They contested his right to speak. |
| 7. | to contend for in rivalry. |
| 8. | to dispute; contend; compete. |
[Origin: 1595–1605; (v.) < L contestāri to call to witness (in a lawsuit), equiv. to con- con- + testārī to testify, deriv. of testis witness; (n.) deriv. of the v., or < F conteste]
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con·test·a·ble, adjective
con·test·a·ble·ness, noun
con·test·a·bly, adverb
con·test·er, noun
con·test·ing·ly, adverb
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v. (kən-těst', kŏn'těst') con·test·ed, con·test·ing, con·tests v. tr.
v. intr. To struggle or compete; contend: contested with other bidders for the antique. [Probably from French conteste, from contester, to dispute, from Old French, to call to witness, from Latin contestārī : com-, com- + testis, witness; see trei- in Indo-European roots.] con·test'a·ble adj., con'tes·ta'tion (kŏn'tě-stā'shən) n., con·test'er n. |
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contest (v.)
1603, from Fr. contester "dispute, oppose," from M.Fr., from L. contestari (litem) "to call to witness, bring action," from com- "together" + testari "to bear witness," from testis "a witness," (see testament). Calling witnesses as the first step in a legal combat. The noun is 1643, from the verb. Contestant "one who contests" is from 1861, popularized in U.S. Civil War.
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| 1. | an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants |
| 2. | a struggle between rivals |
verb | |
| 1. | to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
contest [ˈkontest] noun
a struggle, competition etc to gain an advantage or victory
Example: a sporting contest
See also: contestantExample: a sporting contest
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Contest
Com"bat\, n. [Cf. F. combat.]1. A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy. My courage try by combat, if thou dar'st. --Shak. The noble combat that 'twixt joy and sorrow was fought in Paulina. --Shak. 2. (Mil.) An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in which the parties engaged are not armies. Single combat, one in which a single combatant meets a single opponent, as in the case of David and Goliath; also, a duel. Syn: A battle; engagement; conflict; contest; contention; struggle; fight, strife. See Battle, Contest.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Contest
Con"flict\, n. [L. conflictus a striking together, fr. confligere, -flictum, to strike together, to fight: cf. F. conflit, formerly also conflict. See Conflict, v.]1. A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves. 2. A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting. As soon as he [Atterbury] was himself again, he became eager for action and conflict. --Macaulay. An irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces. --W. H. Seward. Conflict of laws, that branch of jurisprudence which deals with individual litigation claimed to be subject to the conflicting laws of two or more states or nations; -- often used as synonymous with Private international law. Syn: Contest; collision; struggle; combat; strife; contention; battle; fight; encounter. See Contest.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Contest
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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