Meaning of contest in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• Controversy; debate.

  Example: no contest

• Struggle for superiority; combat.

• A competition.

  Example: The child entered the spelling contest.

verb

• To contend.

  Example: I will contest for the open seat on the board.

• To call into question; to oppose.

  Example: The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities.

• To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.

  Example: The troops contested every inch of ground.

• To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.