English-Russian translations for contest

• ди́спут
• ко́нкурс
• конкуренция
• конкурс
• оспаривать
• соперничество
• соревнова́ние
• соревнование
• состяза́ние
• спор

Definition of contest

• Controversy; debate
• Struggle for superiority; combat
• A competition
• To contend
• To call into question; to oppose
• To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend
• To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law

Examples

• no contest
• The child entered the spelling contest
• I will contest for the open seat on the board
• The rival contested the dictators re-election because of claims of voting irregularities
• The troops contested every inch of ground

Related words

• contestant
• contesting
• contested
• incontestable
• contestation
• uncontested
• contestable
• incontestably
• incontestability