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Contest

//ˈkɑn.tɛst// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Controversy; debate. uncountable

    "no contest"

  2. 2
    a struggle between rivals wordnet
  3. 3
    Struggle for superiority; combat. uncountable
  4. 4
    an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants wordnet
  5. 5
    A competition. countable

    "The child entered the spelling contest."

Verb
  1. 1
    To contend. intransitive

    "I will contest for the open seat on the board."

  2. 2
    to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation wordnet
  3. 3
    To call into question; to oppose. transitive

    "The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities."

  4. 4
    To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend. transitive

    "The troops contested every inch of ground."

  5. 5
    To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.

Etymology

Etymology 1

PIE word *tréyes From French contester, from Old French, from Latin contestor (“to call to witness”).

Etymology 2

PIE word *tréyes From French contester, from Old French, from Latin contestor (“to call to witness”).

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