contest

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) Controversy; debate.
2. (uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.
3. (countable) A competition.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To contend.
2. (transitive) To call into question; to oppose.
3. (transitive) 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.

Opposite of

support

Synonyms

competition

dispute

compete

fight

match

challenge

contend

struggle

game

rivalry

battle

race

conflict

contention

emulation

vie

strife

quarrel

combat

bout

war

impugn

oppose

question

❓

rival

debate

argument

event

argue

wrangle

tournament

protest

controvert

controversy

sport

vie for

compete with

strive

antagonism

scuffle

amusement

riot

claim

sporting event

challenging

call into question

fray

contradict

contestation

dissension

Translations

concours

Wettbewerb

concorso

compétition

wedstrijd

competición

concurso

αγώνας

concurso

Wettkampf

match

concurs

pugna

contester

concours

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɒn.tɛst/

Etymology

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

Sentences

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