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   contest

   noun

   • 1. an event in which people compete for supremacy in a sport or other activity, or in a quality: "a tennis contest" Similar competitionmatchtournamentgamemeeteventtrialboutheatfixturetierace
   • ▪ a competition for a political position: "a leadership contest"
   • ▪ a dispute or conflict: "there has always been a contest between tenants and landlords over how they share both benefits and costs" Similar struggleconflictconfrontationcollisionclashbattlefightcombattussleskirmishduelrace

   verb

   • 1. engage in competition to attain (a position of power): "she declared her intention to contest the presidency" Similar compete forcontend forvie forchallenge forfight forfight overbattle forstruggle fortussle fortry to wintry forgo forthrow one's hat in the ringcompete incontend infight inbattle inentertake part inbe a competitor inparticipate input one's name down forgo in for
   • ▪ take part in (a competition or election): "a coalition was formed to contest the presidential elections"
   • 2. oppose (an action or theory) as mistaken or wrong: "the former chairman contests his dismissal" Similar opposeobject tochallengedisputetake a stand againstresistdefystrive/struggle againsttake issue withquestioncall into questiondoubtlitigateOpposite agree with
   • ▪ engage in dispute about: "the issues have been hotly contested" Similar debateargue aboutdisputequarrel over

   Word Origin late 16th century (as a verb in the sense ‘swear to, attest’): from Latin contestari ‘call upon to witness, initiate (by calling witnesses)’, from con- ‘together’ + testare ‘to witness’. The senses ‘wrangle, struggle for’ arose in the early 17th century, whence the current noun and verb senses.

   Derivatives

   • 1. contestability noun
   • 2. contestable adjective
   • 3. contester noun

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