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What (who) is Contest - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Contests; Contest (disambiguation); Contest (ship); Contest (film); Contestant
contest
UNITED KINGDOM'S COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY, FIRST DEVELOPED BY THE HOME OFFICE IN EARLY 2003
Prevent strategy; CONTEST strategy; Channel Counterterror Scheme
¦ noun 'k?nt?st an event in which people compete for supremacy.
?a dispute or conflict.
¦ verb k?n't?st
1. compete to attain (a position of power).
take part in (a competition or election).
2. challenge or dispute.
Phrases
no contest
1. chiefly US another term for nolo contendere.
2. a decision to declare a boxing match invalid on the grounds that one or both of the boxers are not making serious efforts.
a competition or comparison of which the outcome is a foregone conclusion.
Derivatives
contestability noun
contestable adjective
contester noun
Origin
C16 (as v. 'swear to, attest'): from L. contestari 'call upon to witness, initiate an action (by calling witnesses)', from con- 'together' + testare 'to witness'.
contest
UNITED KINGDOM'S COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY, FIRST DEVELOPED BY THE HOME OFFICE IN EARLY 2003
Prevent strategy; CONTEST strategy; Channel Counterterror Scheme
n.
1) to hold, stage a contest
2) to judge a contest
3) to enter a contest
4) a bitter, hard-fought; close; one-sided contest
5) a baby; beauty; oratorical contest
6) a contest among, between; for
Contest
UNITED KINGDOM'S COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY, FIRST DEVELOPED BY THE HOME OFFICE IN EARLY 2003
Prevent strategy; CONTEST strategy; Channel Counterterror Scheme
·noun Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.
II. Contest ·vt To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.
III. Contest ·noun Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, ·etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter.
IV. Contest ·vt To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to Controvert.
- followed usually by with.
VI. Contest ·vt To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to Controvert; to Oppose; to Dispute.
Wikipedia
Contest
Contest may refer to:
- Competition
- Will contest
- Contesting, amateur radio contesting (radiosport)
Examples of use of Contest
1. "This is a 100–percent democratic contest," Svante Stockselius, executive supervisor of the contest, said Wednesday.
2. "A contest about the future . . . a contest that will ultimately be decided in America‘s heartland.
3. "But this is not a popularity contest, it‘s a contest about what the evidence shows.
4. The contest between Kantor and Besnainou was to a great extent a contest between world views.
5. Monday September 11, 2006 The Guardian On the leadership contest "I am happy for there to be a leadership contest.