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Meaning of CONTEST in English

To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.

Use in sentences of CONTEST

    Meaning of CONTEST in English

    • To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.
    • To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.
    • To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.
    • To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with.
    • Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.
    • Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter.

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