contest

About 8.52 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Controversy; debate.

   no contest

2. noun Struggle for superiority; combat.
3. noun A competition.

   The child entered the spelling contest.

4. verb To contend.

   I will contest for the open seat on the board.

5. verb To call into question; to oppose.

   The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities.

6. verb To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.

   The troops contested every inch of ground.

7. verb To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.

Similar words

contend repugn competition contestation dispute argue disputed feud agon impugn

Often followed by

between with the for of in was and is

Word family

contestable contested contester contesters contesting contests