Definition of contest

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

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Contend :: Contend (v. i.) To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
Run :: Run (a.) To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress..
Victor :: Victor (n.) The winner in a contest; one who gets the better of another in any struggle; esp., one who defeats an enemy in battle; a vanquisher; a conqueror; -- often followed by art, rarely by of..
Gladiatorian :: Gladiatorian (a.) Of or pertaining to gladiators, or to contests or combatants in general..
Cockfight :: Cockfight (n.) A match or contest of gamecocks.
Velitation :: Velitation (n.) A dispute or contest; a slight contest; a skirmish.
Brangle :: Brangle (n.) A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute.
Fabian :: Fabian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest..
Irrefragable :: Irrefragable (a.) Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence..
Gird :: Gird (v. t.) To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest..
Antagony :: Antagony (n.) Contest; opposition; antagonism.
Pit :: Pit (v. t.) To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another..
Forensic :: Forensic (n.) An exercise in debate; a forensic contest; an argumentative thesis.
Dispute :: Dispute (v. t.) To strive or contend about; to contest.
Conflict :: Conflict (v.) A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.
Puke :: Puke (v. i.) To eject the contests of the stomach; to vomit; to spew.
War :: War (n.) A contest between nations or states, carried on by force, whether for defence, for revenging insults and redressing wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the acquisition of territory, for obtaining and establishing the superiority and dominion of one over the other, or for any other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign powers; declared and open hostilities..
Contest :: Contest (n.) Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter..
Plunge :: Plunge (v. i.) To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations..
Prize :: Prize (n.) A contest for a reward; competition.
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