contes'tation
World English Dictionary
| contest | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a formal game or match in which two or more people, teams, etc, compete and attempt to win |
| 2. | a struggle for victory between opposing forces or interests |
| —vb (when intr, | |
| 3. | (tr) to try to disprove; call in question |
| 4. | to fight, dispute, or contend (with): contest an election |
| [C16: from Latin contestārī to introduce a lawsuit, from testis witness] | |
| con'testable | |
| —adj | |
| con'testableness | |
| —n | |
| contesta'bility | |
| —n | |
| con'testably | |
| —adv | |
| contes'tation | |
| —n | |
| con'tester | |
| —n | |
| con'testingly | |
| —adv | |
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