contest
IPA: kˈɑntɛst
noun
- (uncountable) Controversy; debate.
- (uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.
- (countable) A competition.
verb
- (intransitive) To contend.
- (transitive) To call into question; to oppose.
- (transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
- (law) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.
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Examples of "contest" in Sentences
- The contestant lost the contest.
- The contestant makes the action.
- She was the winner of the contest.
- It was the only Cavalcade Contest that year.
- He is the hosting broadcaster of the contest.
- Is there any fiscal remuneration for the contestants
- If the classmate is incorrect, then the contestant is correct.
- Contestants compete to win ounces of silver in the competition.
- The contestant with the highest cumulative score wins the grand prize.
- The contestant and the geek alternate questions, beginning with the contestant.