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:
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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:
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- 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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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:
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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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contest verb [ T ] (COMPETE)
to compete for something:
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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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contest verb [ T ] (ATTEMPT)
to attempt to win an election or to get power or control:
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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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