Definition of contest

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Contest (n.) Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter..

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Pull :: Pull (n.) A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull..
War :: War (v. t.) To carry on, as a contest; to wage..
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..
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..
Conflict :: Conflict (v.) A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.
Debate :: Debate (v. t.) A fight or fighting; contest; strife.
Wager :: Wager (v. t.) To hazard on the issue of a contest, or on some question that is to be decided, or on some casualty; to lay; to stake; to bet..
Game :: Game (v. i.) The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards..
Contestant :: Contestant (n.) One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one who claims that which has been awarded to another.
Contendress :: Contendress (n.) A female contestant.
Litigation :: Litigation (n.) The act or process of litigating; a suit at law; a judicial contest.
Warm :: Warm (superl.) Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate..
Controvert :: Controvert (v. t.) To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.
Bottleholder :: Bottleholder (n.) One who assists or supports another in a contest; an abettor; a backer.
Victory :: Victory (n.) The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph; -- the opposite of defeat..
Contestingly :: Contestingly (adv.) In a contending manner.
Cope :: Cope (v. i.) To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; -- usually followed by with..
Vexed :: Vexed (a.) Much debated or contested; causing discussion; as, a vexed question..
Round :: Round (n.) The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout..
Yield :: Yield (v. i.) To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.
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