Definitions
1.nounControversy; debate."no contest"
2.nounStruggle for superiority; combat.
3.nounA competition."The child entered the spelling contest."
4.verbTo contend."I will contest for the open seat on the board."
5.verbTo call into question; to oppose."The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities."
6.verbTo strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend."The troops contested every inch of ground."
7.verbTo make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.