contest
contest is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.
- transitive verb. To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.
- transitive verb. To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.
- intransitive verb. To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with.
- noun. Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.
- noun. Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter.
- noun. a struggle between rivals
- noun. 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"
Synonyms
Common word forms
contests, contested, contester, contesting, contestable, contestless
Words from these letters
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