contest
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2.4
- noun
- /ˈkɒntɛst/
- The annual pie baking contest drew entries from all over the town.
- enter the contest
- win the contest
- lose the contest
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Watch on YouTubeOne is enter a contest and come in first.
- One is enter a contest and come in first.
- And I've got second in this contest, flown out to LA.
- Around the same time, there's this contest that's happening in Athens.
- Agon is a contest is a struggle, right?
- So I don't know that contests are beneficial in that respect.
- I won this in a contest a long time ago.
- So he says shooting contests or contests for whatever.
- Olympia, the biggest bodybuilding contest in the world.
- And as I stand here today, I lost the contest, but I won the prize.
- So post exclusive content like contests or announcements of some kind.
- Little Austria contest, where I will display them to the world.
- I tried it once at a contest maybe a couple of months before.
Examples
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The crowd, trained from years of such contests, followed each name with their applause.
Fiction book (1992) -
Olympia, the biggest bodybuilding contest in the world.
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I won this in a contest a long time ago.
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And it's a contest that starts every September.
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And as I stand here today, I lost the contest, but I won the prize.
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And everybody knew at that contest who was the best.
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Why does a contest matter so much?
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You have little time left anyhow before the contest, and there is much to do.
Fiction book (1991) -
This is a contest between Tedesco and you.
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And the winner of the tug of war contest is drum roll, please.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
An activity with rules that people play for fun or competition
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2.3
An event where people or teams compete to win
504
1.4
A game in which two teams or players compete
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.0
A competition that tests how long people can keep going in hard conditions
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1.6
A competition where people try to write words correctly and are out if they make a mistake
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3.7
A competition where people or companies offer higher prices to win something like at an auction
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Etymology
Contest comes from Latin parts con- 'together' and testari 'to call as a witness', so picture people 'called together' for a public challenge. That is why a contest is a struggle or competition between people trying to win.