[
US
/ˈkɑntɛst, kənˈtɛst/
]
NOUN
- a struggle between rivals
- an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
VERB
-
to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
They contested the outcome of the race
How To Use contest In A Sentence
- He comes from nowhere to win this contest and immediately is able to grasp a lot of the intricacies of the moviemaking process.
- After putting its energy into the 2008 acquisition of Northwest Airlines, the Atlanta-based carrier plans to spend more than $2 billion through 2013 to lure travelers with new flat-bed seats, video on demand and upgraded facilities in hotly contested markets such as New York. Delta Refocuses
- That's because Olympic contests are played on a wider ice rink that opens up the game and gives the elite players space to be creative.
- The winners of these two encounters will contest the final from 7pm. Times, Sunday Times
- He decided not to contest the retrospective charge. Times, Sunday Times
- Mitch: My buddy just won belching contest.
- The seat was being hotly contested among the politicians.
- And the Bridal Show, for married women, seemed to do just that by focusing on the Indianess of contestants who were draped in variety of colourful sarees and mesmerizing gagra cholis that dazzled with every step.
- Once the war began, uniformed Americans participated in an inter-service contest for buckjumping and bareback riding at Wirth's Circus, Melbourne, in early 1943.
- After too much airtime is devoted to the quartet's training, the contest itself throws up an unexpected hero. Times, Sunday Times