noun. A struggle for superiority or victory between rivals.

noun. A competition, especially one in which entrants perform separately and are rated by judges.

intransitive verb. To compete or strive for; struggle to gain or control.

intransitive verb. To call into question and take an active stand against; dispute or challenge: synonym: oppose.

intransitive verb. To defend against (a shot), as in basketball.

intransitive verb. To struggle or compete; contend.

noun. . Strife; struggle for victory or superiority, or in defense; a struggle in arms.

noun. . Dispute; debate; controversy; strife in argument; disagreement.

noun. Synonyms Conflict, Combat, etc. (see battle), encounter. See strife.2. Altercation; dissension; quarrel.

To make a subject of emulation, contention, or dispute; enter into a competition for; compete or strive for: as, to contest a prize; to contest an election (see contested).

To contend or strive for in arms; fight or do battle for; strive to win or hold; struggle to defend: as, the troops contested every inch of ground.

. To argue in opposition to; controvert; litigate; oppose; call in question; challenge; dispute: as, the advocate contested every point; his right to the property was contested in the courts.

Synonyms. To debate, challenge.

. To strive; contend; dispute: followed by with.

. To vie; strive in rivalry.

intransitive verb. To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with.

transitive verb. To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.

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

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

transitive verb. To dispute the declared result of an election.

noun. Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.

noun. Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter.

noun. Controversy; debate.

noun. Struggle for superiority; combat.

noun. A competition.

verb. To contend.

verb. To call into question; to oppose.

noun. an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

noun. a struggle between rivals

verb. to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation

"The title contest was played in front of 93,000 fans Saturday night at the sold-out Rose Bowl in Los Angeles."