Definition: 1. An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. 2. A struggle between rivals. 3. To make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation.
Use 'contest' in a sentence:
1. Who is adjudicating at this year's contest?
2. It was an uneven contest.
3. She has taken an active part in all past contests.
4. The spelling contest will take place at our school next week.
5. Gender discrimination is a hotly contested issue.
6. What if she doesn't win the contest again?
7. I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it.
8. We're here for the mascot contest, too.
9. Let’s have a jumping contest.
10. It's a speech contest.
11. More than 80 parties are contesting seats in the two-chamber parliament.
12. This woman played an important role in the speech contest.
13. The winner of each contest goes through to the grand final.
14. Players are warned, fined and can even be disqualified for unsporting actions in the heat of contest.
15. The contest should be very keenly fought.
16. Gerald was no longer the odds-on favourite to win the contest.
17. He is one of the judges at the recitation contest.
18. Women are running in nearly all the contested seats in Los Angeles.
19. I was awarded first prize in the writing contest.
20. The Prime Minister is now 64 years old and in all probability this will be the last election that he is likely to contest.
21. Few contests in the recent history of British boxing have been as thrilling.
22. The contest has become personalised, if not bitter.
23. At the age of 18, she won first prize in a talent contest.
24. She got first prize in the recitation contest.
25. It is still a close contest between two leading opposition parties.
26. One popular event is the pie-eating contest.
27. He has easily won the preliminary contest for the high jump.
28. The athletes displayed great tenacity throughout the contest.
29. In a reading contest, his daughter carried away the bell.
30. The presidential contest is nip and tuck.
31. Standing before schoolmates, I cast my mind back to my speaking contest.
32. Your former employer has to reply within 14 days in order to contest the case.
33. I'm preparing for the speech contest.
34. Did you take part in the speech contest?
35. It's a contest between athletes.
36. The contest was as much about personalities as it was about politics.
37. My teacher asked me to take part in the speech contest held by my school.
38. This has stripped the contest down to its essentials.
39. She believed that she would be the winner of the contest.
40. The latest opinion polls are predicting a very close contest.
41. The divorce was not contested.
42. Three candidates contested the leadership.
43. The state election due in November will be the last such ballot before next year's presidential contest.
44. Foolishly, I allowed myself to be persuaded to enter the contest.
45. The match looks like being a David and Goliath contest.
46. We entered a fishing contest.
47. He quickly won his party's nomination to contest the elections.
48. I'm going to be emceeing a costume contest.
49. The girl I viewed as a competitor congratulated me on my contest results.
