Definition of contest

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Contest (v. i.) To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with..

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Contendent :: Contendent (n.) An antagonist; a contestant.
Agony :: Agony (n.) Violent contest or striving.
Field :: Field (n.) A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the betting..
Warfare :: Warfare (n.) Contest; struggle.
Hardhead :: Hardhead (n.) Clash or collision of heads in contest.
Candidate :: Candidate (n.) One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office, privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate for scholastic honors..
Yield :: Yield (v. i.) To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.
Prize :: Prize (n.) A contest for a reward; competition.
Neuter :: Neuter (n.) A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral.
Contender :: Contender (n.) One who contends; a contestant.
Bout :: Bout (n.) A conflict; contest; attempt; trial; a set-to at anything; as, a fencing bout; a drinking bout..
Strife :: Strife (n.) Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts..
Warfare :: Warfare (n.) Military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies; hostilities; war.
Corinthian :: Corinthian (a.) Of or pertaining to an amateur sailor or yachtsman; as, a corinthian race (one in which the contesting yachts must be manned by amateurs.).
Rubber :: Rubber (n.) In some games, as whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, when there is a tie between the players; as, to play the rubber; also, a contest determined by the winning of two out of three games; as, to play a rubber of whist..
Agony :: Agony (n.) Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane..
Scuffle :: Scuffle (n.) Hence, a confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight..
Gladiatorian :: Gladiatorian (a.) Of or pertaining to gladiators, or to contests or combatants in general..
Cap :: Cap (v. t.) To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs..
Conflict :: Conflict (v.) A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.
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