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单词 contest
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contestnoun [ C ]

uk/ˈkɒn.test/us/ˈkɑːn.test/

contest noun [ C ] (COMPETITION)

B1 a competition to do better than other people, usually in which prizes are given:

a dance/sports contest
She's won a lot of beauty contests.

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  • The winner of tonight's talent contest will be decided by clapometer.
  • Both sides played well - it was a very even contest.
  • It's a real feather in our cap to be representing Britain in this contest.
  • She is one of the front-runners in the contest.
  • The organizers say it's a fair contest but who knows what goes on backstage?

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Competitions, & parts of competitions

  • battle
  • battle of wits idiom
  • beauty contest
  • beauty pageant
  • benefit match
  • clash
  • European night
  • exhibition match
  • friendly
  • handicap
  • kickabout
  • ladder
  • meeting
  • nip
  • one-horse race
  • race
  • race meeting
  • Rafferty's rules
  • the Premier League
  • winning post

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contest noun [ C ] (ATTEMPT)

an attempt, usually against difficulties, to win an election or to get power or control:

The contest for the leadership of the party was very bitter.
The primary in Iowa is the first contest for the Republican nomination.

More examples

  • The party leadership contest has let the genie of change out of the bottle.
  • After a bitter contest, he became party leader.

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Elections

  • absentee ballot
  • absentee vote
  • absolute majority
  • abstain
  • abstention
  • first-past-the-post
  • franchise
  • general election
  • gerrymandering
  • go to the country idiom
  • landslide
  • nominate
  • rigging
  • running mate
  • safe
  • scrutineer
  • secret ballot
  • show of hands
  • stump
  • vote of confidence

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Power to control

contestverb [ T ]

uk/kənˈtest/us/kənˈtest/

contest verb [ T ] (ARGUE)

If you contest a formal statement, a claim, a judge's decision, or a legal case, you say formally that it is wrong or unfair and try to have it changed:

We will certainly contest any claims made against the safety of our products.

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Refusing & rejecting

  • abnegate
  • blow
  • bugger
  • damned
  • demur
  • derecognize
  • disclaim
  • door
  • laugh
  • override
  • react against sth
  • refusal
  • shoot
  • shun
  • sit sth out
  • throw
  • throw sth out
  • turn sb away
  • vote sth down
  • wash

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Taking legal action

contest verb [ T ] (COMPETE)

to compete for something:

The medal is being keenly contested by eight gymnasts.

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Competing in sport

  • amateur
  • attack
  • away
  • bring
  • bring sb on
  • bye
  • bye week
  • catch up
  • contention
  • cup-tied
  • go in for sth
  • partner
  • run
  • sideline
  • square off
  • step/move up a gear idiom
  • try out for sth
  • versus
  • vs
  • weigh in

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Competing and contending (non-sporting)

contest verb [ T ] (ATTEMPT)

to attempt to win an election or to get power or control:

She could win, since only two people are contesting the seat and the other candidate is very unpopular.

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Elections

  • absentee ballot
  • absentee vote
  • absolute majority
  • abstain
  • abstention
  • first-past-the-post
  • franchise
  • general election
  • gerrymandering
  • go to the country idiom
  • landslide
  • nominate
  • rigging
  • running mate
  • safe
  • scrutineer
  • secret ballot
  • show of hands
  • stump
  • vote of confidence

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Competing and contending (non-sporting)
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