contest
21contest — 1 noun (C) 1 a competition: a beauty contest 2 a struggle to win control or power: the contest for leadership of the party 3 no contest used to mean that you will easily be the best or win the contest 2 verb (T) 1 to say formally that you do not… …
22contest — 1. noun 1) a boxing contest Syn: competition, match, tournament, game, bout 2) the contest for the party leadership Syn: fight, battle, tussle, struggle, competition, race …
23Contest — Das Wort Contest bezeichnet: einen Wettbewerb (aus engl. the contest der Streit, Kampf; der Wettkampf ) eine französische Ortschaft, siehe Contest (Mayenne) Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mi …
24contest — contestable, adj. contestableness, n. contestably, adv. contester, n. contestingly, adv. n. /kon test/; v. /keuhn test /, n. 1. a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize. 2. struggle for victory or superiority …
25contest — 1. noun /ˈkɒn.tɛst,ˈkɑn.tɛst,kənˈtɛst/ a) controversy; debate no contest b) struggle for superiority; combat The child entered the spelling contest …
26contest — 1. noun 1) a boxing contest Syn: competition, match, tournament, game, meet, event, trial, bout, heat, race 2) the contest for the party leadership Syn: fight, battle …
27Contest — Con|test [k...] der; [e]s, Plur. s u. e <aus gleichbed. engl. contest zu to contest »streiten um (etwas), bestreiten«, dies über (alt)fr. contester »bestreiten, anfechten« aus lat. contestari »als Zeugen anrufen«> Wettbewerb (im Bereich der …
28contest — [ˈkɒntest] noun [C] I 1) a competition a writing contest[/ex] 2) a situation in which two or more people or groups are competing to gain power or an advantage II verb [T] contest [kənˈtest] 1) to state formally that you disagree with something… …
29contest — See combat. See combat, contest …
30contest — [16] The idea underlying contest, unlikely as it may seem, is of ‘bearing witness’. It goes back to Latin contestārī, a compound verb formed from the prefix com ‘together’ and testārī ‘bear witness’, which in turn was derived from testis… …
