Definitions for contest

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contest con·test

Spelling: [noun kon-test; verb kuh n- Contest is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 163 anagrams from letters in contest (cenostt).

Definitions for contest

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:

verb (used with object)

1. to struggle or fight for, as in battle.
2. to argue against; dispute:
3. to call in question:
4. to contend for in rivalry.

verb (used without object)

1. to dispute; contend; compete.

Origin of contest

1595-1605; (v.) Latin contestāri to call to witness (in a lawsuit), equivalent to con- con- + testārī to testify, derivative of testis witn

Examples for contest

A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.

And she came out of the contest weakened by each victory over her heart.

Judging the contest are four prominent figures in the adult entertainment business with years of experience.

Despite these financial disadvantages, Grimes has kept the contest fairly close.

They entered into the contest, therefore, with their usual vigour, and their usual cruelty.

Down the hill they thundered, over the brook and up to the scene of the contest.

But before the national pundits and prognosticators write off the Kentucky contest, they should hold their horses.

And as for Landrieu, as I said, it seems to look still as if her contest is headed to a run-off.

In 1998, she was selected to represent Israel in the prestigious Eurovision contest, winning first place.

It must be a miserable imposture, indeed, that does not prevail in that contest.