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.