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Contest
Contest Con*test", v. i.
To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive;
to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with.
The difficulty of an argument adds to the pleasure of
contesting with it, when there are hopes of victory.
--Bp. Burnet.
Of man, who dares in pomp with Jove contest? --Pope.
ContestContest Con*test", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contested; p. pr. &
vb. n. Contesting.] [F. contester, fr. L. contestari to
call to witness, contestari litem to introduce a lawsuit by
calling witnesses, to bring an action; con- + testari to be a
witness, testic witness. See Testify.]
1. To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or
emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to
controvert; to oppose; to dispute.
The people . . . contested not what was done.
--Locke.
Few philosophical aphorisms have been more frequenty
repeated, few more contested than this. --J. D.
Morell.
2. To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to
defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.
3. (Law) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a
suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law;
to controvert.
To contest an election. (Polit.)
(a) To strive to be elected.
(b) To dispute the declared result of an election.
Syn: To dispute; controvert; debate; litigate; oppose; argue;
contend. ContestContest Con"test, n.
1. Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate;
altercation.
Leave all noisy contests, all immodest clamors and
brawling language. --I. Watts.
2. Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.;
competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat;
encounter.
The late battle had, in effect, been a contest
between one usurper and another. --Hallam.
It was fully expected that the contest there would
be long and fierce. --Macaulay.
Syn: Conflict; combat; battle; encounter; shock; struggle;
dispute; altercation; debate; controvesy; difference;
disagreement; strife.
Usage: Contest, Conflict, Combat, Encounter. Contest
is the broadest term, and had originally no reference
to actual fighting. It was, on the contrary, a legal
term signifying to call witnesses, and hence came to
denote first a struggle in argument, and then a
struggle for some common object between opposing
parties, usually one of considerable duration, and
implying successive stages or acts. Conflict denotes
literally a close personal engagement, in which sense
it is applied to actual fighting. It is, however, more
commonly used in a figurative sense to denote
strenuous or direct opposition; as, a mental conflict;
conflicting interests or passions; a conflict of laws.
An encounter is a direct meeting face to face. Usually
it is a hostile meeting, and is then very nearly
coincident with conflict; as, an encounter of opposing
hosts. Sometimes it is used in a looser sense; as,
``this keen encounter of our wits.' --Shak. Combat is
commonly applied to actual fighting, but may be used
figuratively in reference to a strife or words or a
struggle of feeling.
Meaning of Contests from wikipedia
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contest in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Contest may
refer to:
Competition Will
contest Contesting,
amateur radio contesting (radiosport)
Contest (2013...
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promote the
preservation of the environment.
These contests continue to this day.
Major international contests for
women include the
yearly Miss
World competition...
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presidential election.
While look-alike
contests have
existed since the
early 1900s at the latest,
these contests sparked various responses and analysis...
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varies from
contest to
contest. The
largest contests are the
annual DX
contests that
allow worldwide parti****tion. Many of
these DX
contests have been...
- pre-arranged
contest.
These contests were
usually held at
Harlem home "rent parties",
where an
entrance fee
helped residents pay
their rent. In the
contests, often...
- In a
speed typing contest contestants compete to
attain the
highest accurate typing speeds.
These contests have been
common in
North America since the...
- lack of
clarity as to
their legal status,
contests began to take
place elsewhere in the
United States. A
contest in a
Milwaukee tavern in 1976 was subject...
- in Austin, Texas.
Competitive eating contests often adhere to an 8, 10, 12, or 15
minute time limit. Most
contests are
presided over by a
master of ceremonies...
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contests have
sometimes been
organized or
sponsored by
companies for
marketing purposes or to find new
models for
their products, with the
contests being...
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offer standalone contests with or
without minor prizes.
Users will
typically be ****igned a
rating based on
their performance on said
contests. The archives...
