Synonymer

Uttal

  • UttalUK:
    • IPA: /ˈkɒn.tɛst/
  • UttalUS:
    • IPA: [ˈkɒn.tɛst]
  • Okänd accent:
    • IPA: /ˈkɑn.tɛst/
    • IPA: /kən.ˈtɛst/
Översättning
Substantiv
1.yarış
2.yarışma
3.müsabaka

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. (uncountable) Controversy; debate.
  2. (uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.
  3. (countable) A competition.

Verb

  1. (intransitive) To contend.
  2. (transitive) To call into question; to oppose.
  3. (transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
  4. (legal) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.

Exempel

  • no contest
  • The child entered the spelling contest.
  • I will contest for the open seat on the board.
  • Of man, who dares in pomp with Jove contest?
  • The difficulty of an argument adds to the pleasure of contesting with it, when there are hopes of victory.
  • The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities.
  • Few philosophical aphorisms have been more frequently repeated, few more contested than this.
  • The troops contested every inch of ground.

Böjningsformer

PerfektparticipcontestedImperfektcontested
PresensparticipcontestingPluralcontests
Tredje person singular indicativ presenscontestsTredje person singular indicativ presenscontesteth

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