Definition of contest

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

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Three-handed :: Three-handed (a.) Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards..
Agonism :: Agonism (n.) Contention for a prize; a contest.
Gladiatorian :: Gladiatorian (a.) Of or pertaining to gladiators, or to contests or combatants in general..
Contendent :: Contendent (n.) An antagonist; a contestant.
Disputation :: Disputation (v. i.) The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument..
Brangle :: Brangle (n.) A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute.
Decertation :: Decertation (n.) Contest for mastery; contention; strife.
Pit :: Pit (v. t.) To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another..
Incontested :: Incontested (a.) Not contested.
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..
Strife :: Strife (n.) Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts..
Neutral :: Neutral (n.) A person or a nation that takes no part in a contest between others; one who is neutral.
Rencounter :: Rencounter (n.) A meeting of two persons or bodies; a collision; especially, a meeting in opposition or contest; a combat, action, or engagement..
Warfare :: Warfare (n.) Military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies; hostilities; war.
Contested :: Contested (imp. & p. p.) of Contes.
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..
Set-to :: Set-to (n.) A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like..
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..
Pull :: Pull (n.) A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy.
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