ALL meanings of contest
con·test
C c - countable noun contest A contest is a competition or game in which people try to win. 3
- countable noun contest A contest is a struggle to win power or control. 3
- verb contest If someone contests an election or competition, they take part in it and try to win it. 3
- verb contest If you contest a statement or decision, you object to it formally because you think it is wrong or unreasonable. 3
- noun contest a formal game or match in which two or more people, teams, etc, compete and attempt to win 3
- noun contest a struggle for victory between opposing forces or interests 3
- verb contest to try to disprove; call in question 3
- verb contest to fight, dispute, or contend (with) 3
- verb transitive contest to try to disprove or invalidate (something) as by argument or legal action; dispute 3
- verb transitive contest to fight for (ground, a military position, etc.); struggle to win or keep 3
- intransitive verb contest to contend; struggle (with or against) 3
- noun contest a fight, struggle, conflict, or controversy 3
- noun contest any race, game, debate, etc. in which individuals or teams compete with one another to determine the winner 3
- noun contest sports competition 1
- noun contest competition for a position 1
- noun contest dispute 1
- transitive verb contest issue: dispute 1
- transitive verb contest title: compete for 1
- noun contest a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize. 1
- noun contest struggle for victory or superiority. 1
- noun contest strife in argument; dispute; controversy: Their marriage was marred by perpetual contest. 1
- verb with object contest to struggle or fight for, as in battle. 1
- verb with object contest to argue against; dispute: to contest a controversial question; to contest a will. 1
- verb with object contest to call in question: They contested his right to speak. 1
- verb with object contest to contend for in rivalry. 1
- verb without object contest to dispute; contend; compete. 1
- noun contest An event in which people compete for supremacy in a sport, activity, or particular quality. 1
- noun contest (Uncountable Noun) Controversy; debate. 0
- noun contest (Uncountable Noun) Struggle for superiority; combat. 0
- noun contest (Countable Noun) A competition. 0
- verb contest (Intransitive Verb) To contend. 0
- verb contest (Transitive Verb) To call into question; to oppose. 0
- verb contest (Transitive Verb) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend. 0
- verb contest (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. 0