contest.
Controversy; debate.
Meaning & usage
Controversy; debate.
no contest
Struggle for superiority; combat.
A competition.
The child entered the spelling contest.
Where this word comes from
PIE word *tréyes From French contester, from Old French, from Latin contestor (“to call to witness”).
To contend.
I will contest for the open seat on the board.
To call into question; to oppose.
The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities.
To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
The troops contested every inch of ground.
To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.
Where this word comes from
PIE word *tréyes From French contester, from Old French, from Latin contestor (“to call to witness”).
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