Definition of contest

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

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Match :: Match (v.) A contest to try strength or skill, or to determine superiority; an emulous struggle..
War :: War (n.) a state of opposition or contest; an act of opposition; an inimical contest, act, or action; enmity; hostility..
Play :: Play (v. t.) To engage in, or go together with, as a contest for amusement or for a wager or prize; as, to play a game at baseball..
Mastery :: Mastery (n.) Contest for superiority.
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass..
Contestation :: Contestation (n.) Proof by witness; attestation; testimony.
Prize :: Prize (n.) An honor or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort..
Bout :: Bout (n.) A conflict; contest; attempt; trial; a set-to at anything; as, a fencing bout; a drinking bout..
Puke :: Puke (v. i.) To eject the contests of the stomach; to vomit; to spew.
Settler :: Settler (n.) That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest..
Brabble :: Brabble (n.) A broil; a noisy contest; a wrangle.
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..
Worst :: Worst (a.) To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit..
Contest :: Contest (v. t.) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground..
Bet :: Bet (n.) That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge; a wager..
Agonistics :: Agonistics (n.) The science of athletic combats, or contests in public games..
Contesting :: Contesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contes.
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..
Incontested :: Incontested (a.) Not contested.
Contend :: Contend (v. t.) To struggle for; to contest.
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