contest
[ noun kon-test; verb kuhn-test ]
/ noun ˈkɒn tɛst; verb kənˈtɛst /
noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to dispute; contend; compete.
Origin of contest
SYNONYMS FOR contest
6
challenge.
OTHER WORDS FROM contest
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH contest
contend contestWords nearby contest
Example sentences from the Web for contestable
Although children cannot be transferred without parental permission, the validity of their consent is contestable.
It is a political document, full of contestable characterizations, but it provides some useful specifics to consider.
As the Sequester Looms, the Outlines of a Solution Emerge |John Avlon |February 24, 2013 |DAILY BEASTThe contestable area lay in the Middle States and in the Carolinas.
Union and Democracy |Allen JohnsonThe first will be a contestable apology; the second an array of incontestable facts.
The Companions of Jehu |Alexandre Dumas, pre
British Dictionary definitions for contestable
contest
noun (ˈkɒntɛst)
a formal game or match in which two or more people, teams, etc, compete and attempt to win
a struggle for victory between opposing forces or interests
verb (kənˈtɛst)
(tr)
to try to disprove; call in question
(when intr, foll by with or against)
to fight, dispute, or contend (with)
contest an election
Derived forms of contest
Word Origin for contest
C16: from Latin
contestārī to introduce a lawsuit, from
testis witness