un contestable
tɛst; noun
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.
verb (used with object)
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.
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Un contestable
is always a great word to know.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
verb (used without object)
8.
to dispute; contend; compete.
Origin:
1595–1605; (v.) < Latin contestāri to call to witness (in a lawsuit), equivalent to con- con- + testārī to testify, derivative of testis witness; (noun) derivative of the v., or < French conteste
1595–1605; (v.) < Latin contestāri to call to witness (in a lawsuit), equivalent to con- con- + testārī to testify, derivative of testis witness; (noun) derivative of the v., or < French conteste
Related forms
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
pre·con·test, verb (used with object)
pre·con·test, noun
re·con·test, verb
sub·con·test, noun
su·per·con·test, noun
su·per·con·test, verb (used with object)
un·con·test·a·ble, adjective
un·con·test·a·b·ly, adverb
un·con·test·ed, adjective
un·con·test·ed·ly, adverb
well-con·test·ed, adjective
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| 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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Word Origin & History
contest
c.1600, 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 1640s, from the verb. Related: Contestable (1702); contesting (1610s).
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