CONTEST
\kˈɒntɛst], \kˈɒntɛst], \k_ˈɒ_n_t_ɛ_s_t]\
Definitions of CONTEST
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.
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To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.
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To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with.
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Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.
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Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter.
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To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.
By Oddity Software
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[as in to contest a will]To oppose, dispute or challenge through formal or legal procedures. For example, the defendant in a lawsuit almost always contests the case made by the plaintiff. Or, a disgruntled relative may formally contest the provisions of a will.
By Oddity Software
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To dispute; as, to contest an election; oppose; litigate.
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To strive; contend; vie.
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A struggle for superiority; dispute.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A struggle for superiority: strife: debate.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Earnest struggle for superiority, defence, or the like; strife in arms; —earnest dispute; strife in argument.
By Thomas Sheridan
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