contest

Signification

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.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkɒn.tɛst/

Étymologie

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

Phrases

Such contest between federal governing parties has previously only happened in East Malaysia .

Un tel concours entre les partis du gouvernement fédéral n'a précédemment eu lieu qu'en Malaisie de l'Est.