contest in English

noun

1

an event in which people compete for supremacy in a sport, activity, or particular quality.

a gigantic air rifle shooting contest

synonyms: competition, match, tournament, game, meet, event, trial, bout, heat, race, deathmatch

verb

1

engage in competition to attain (a position of power).

she declared her intention to contest the presidency

synonyms: compete for, contend for, vie for, fight for, try to win, go for

2

oppose (an action, decision, or theory) as mistaken or wrong.

the former chairman contests his dismissal

synonyms: oppose, object to, challenge, take a stand against, take issue with, question, call into question

noun

competition, match, tournament, game, meet, event, trial, bout, heat, race, deathmatch
fight, battle, tussle, struggle, competition, race
competition

verb

compete for, oppose, debate, contend
compete for, contend for, vie for, fight for, try to win, go for
oppose, object to, challenge, take a stand against, take issue with, question, call into question
debate, argue about, dispute, quarrel over
contend, repugn

Use "contest" in a sentence

1. Palm Power Contest!

2. We watched snowboarding contest.

3. We'll miss the school contest.

4. They are little things that snowball against the weaker team until the contest becomes no contest.

5. Beachiest Kid Photo Contest 2021

6. So this contest is tomorrow?

7. What is a “scatology contest”?

8. We entered a fishing contest.

9. It was an uneven contest.

10. At sunrise the contest commenced.

11. We'll organize an oratorical contest.

12. We watched a snowboarding contest.

13. Contending: to engage in a contest.

14. This is man's contest with nature.

15. Billiard Galaxy opened the annual contest!

16. Compete: to engage in a contest.

17. Please enroll me in the contest.

18. No professionals participated in the contest.

19. It can become an unequal contest.

20. The Contest Arborean Tribe Foam Hand

21. Then it is a fair contest.

22. Well, well, a royal archery contest.

23. Leaders emerge from a bruising contest.

24. Will you oratorical contest next week?

25. Contended: to engage in a contest.

26. Battled: to engage in a contest

27. Competed: to engage in a contest.

28. Contend: to engage in a contest.

29. Off The Page - The Bookward Contest

30. This isn't a contest of words!

31. Please enrol me in the contest.

32. It turned into a 24- hour contest.

33. Occasionally, Backcountry will hold a sweepstakes contest

34. You will find it an unequal contest.

35. Leica + Aether: Hindsight is 2020 Photo Contest

36. I only entered the contest for fun.

37. Concours definition is - a public competition : contest

38. Concours definition, a public contest or competition

39. The young man conceded without a contest.

40. The contest should be very keenly fought.

41. Jack always wins the pub's karaoke contest.

42. This singing contest helped launch her career.

43. Russia were also absent from the contest.

44. Why aren't you entering the costume contest?

45. The contest is open to all comers.

46. Didn't know this was a popularity contest.

47. The host for the contest was Petra Mede.

48. He was the third in the speech contest.

49. Controvert: To contest, deny, or take issue with

50. Will you judge the oratorical contest next week?