contest

Plural: contests

Noun

• an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
• a struggle between rivals
• Controversy; debate.
• Struggle for superiority; combat.
• A competition.

Verb

Verb Forms: contested, contesting, contests

• To engage in a competition; to dispute or challenge.
• to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
  • "They contested the outcome of the race"
• To contend.
• To call into question; to oppose.
• To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
• To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.

Examples

• I will contest for the open seat on the board.
• no contest
• She decided to CONTEST his word ’ZAQ’ for its questionable validity.
• The child entered the spelling contest.
• The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities.
• The troops contested every inch of ground.

Synonyms

competition, contend, repugn, battle, call into question, combat, compete, controversy, controvert, debate, discussion, fight, go in for, joust, oppose, pageant

Antonyms

support

Anagrams of contest