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contest

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.tɛst/

The English word “contest” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Controversy; debate.
  2. Struggle for superiority; combat.
  3. A competition.

verb

  1. To contend.
  2. To call into question; to oppose.
  3. To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
  4. To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.

Etymology

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

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