Definition of contest

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

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Cap :: Cap (v. t.) To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs..
Day :: Day (n.) (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc..
Candidate :: Candidate (n.) One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office, privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate for scholastic honors..
Game :: Game (v. i.) A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc..
Contend :: Contend (v. i.) To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
Skirmish :: Skirmish (v. i.) A slight contest.
Strifeful :: Strife (n.) That which is contended against; occasion of contest.
Over :: Over (prep.) Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding; as, he triumphed over difficulties; the bill was passed over the veto..
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..
Support :: Support (v. t.) To carry on; to enable to continue; to maintain; as, to support a war or a contest; to support an argument or a debate..
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..
Brabble :: Brabble (n.) A broil; a noisy contest; a wrangle.
Antagony :: Antagony (n.) Contest; opposition; antagonism.
Agonism :: Agonism (n.) Contention for a prize; a contest.
Contestingly :: Contestingly (adv.) In a contending manner.
Train :: Train (v. i.) To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race..
Agonistical :: Agonistical (a.) Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural..
Win :: Win (a.) To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country..
Agony :: Agony (n.) Violent contest or striving.
Overmatch :: Overmatch (n.) One superior in power; also, an unequal match; a contest in which one of the opponents is overmatched..
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