contest | |
1. n. Controversy; debate. | |
no contest | |
2. n. Struggle for superiority; combat. | |
3. n. A competition. | |
The child entered the spelling contest. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To contend. | |
I will contest for the open seat on the board. | |
5. v. To call into question; to oppose. | |
The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities. | |
6. v. To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend. | |
The troops contested every inch of ground. | |
7. v. (legal) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law; to controvert. | |