Definition of contest

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Contest (n.) Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.

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War :: War (v. t.) To carry on, as a contest; to wage..
Puke :: Puke (v. i.) To eject the contests of the stomach; to vomit; to spew.
Pancratium :: Pancratium (n.) An athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling.
Conflict :: Conflict (v.) A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.
Disputable :: Disputable (v. i.) Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful certainty or propriety; controvertible; as, disputable opinions, propositions, points, or questions..
Contek :: Contek (n.) Quarrel; contention; contest.
Litigate :: Litigate (v. t.) To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause..
Litigious :: Litigious (a.) Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; guarrelsome; contentious; fond of litigation.
Contender :: Contender (n.) One who contends; a contestant.
Contest :: Contest (n.) Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.
Decisive :: Decisive (a.) Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
Forensic :: Forensic (n.) An exercise in debate; a forensic contest; an argumentative thesis.
Contest :: Contest (v. t.) To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute..
Walk-over :: Walk-over (n.) In racing, the going over a course by a horse which has no competitor for the prize; hence, colloquially, a one-sided contest; an uncontested, or an easy, victory..
Yield :: Yield (v. i.) To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.
Wager :: Wager (v. t.) To hazard on the issue of a contest, or on some question that is to be decided, or on some casualty; to lay; to stake; to bet..
Contend :: Contend (v. i.) To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
Cricket :: Cricket (n.) A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well..
Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as, to carry an election..
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