گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'contest'

1 عمومی:: اعتراض‌ داشتن‌ بر

2 عمومی:: مباحثه‌ وجدل‌ كردن‌

3 عمومی:: ستیزه‌ كردن‌

1 general:: noun competition: We had a writing contest. verb dispute: He will contest the decision.

2 general:: contest verbs enter a contest (= take part in one ) • Anyone over 18 years old can enter the contest. take part in a contest • Twenty-five countries took part in the contest. compete in a contest • The band has competed in many contests over the years. win/lose a contest • He won a public-speaking contest at his school. withdraw from a contest (= stop taking part in a contest ) • Two candidates had withdrawn from the contest. have/hold a contest • My college holds an athletics contest once a year. a contest takes place • The contest took place in Berlin. ADJECTIVES/NOUN + contest a leadership contest (= in which two politicians compete to become leader of their party ) • The party did not want the turmoil of a leadership contest. a presidential contest • the 1987 U.S presidential contest an electoral/election contest • What will be the outcome of the electoral contest? a beauty contest (= to find the most beautiful person ) • Miss Colombia won the beauty contest. a talent contest (= to find the best performer ) • She's singing a song in the school talent contest. a popularity contest (= to decide which person people like the most ) • The competition has turned into a popluarity contest. close (= one which someone wins by a very small amount ) • The race was a close contest between two evenly matched crews. fair (= one in which everyone has the same chance of winning ) • Divide the class into groups in a way that will make it a fair contest. even/equal British English (= one in which everyone has the same chance of winning ) • One of the men was much older so it was hardly an even contest. uneven/unequal British English (= one in which one of the people, groups etc has a better chance of winning ) • Given their military strength, the war was a pretty unequal contest.

3 general::   verb in a competition ADV. bitterly, fiercely, hotly, keenly The election was bitterly contested. | successfully, unsuccessfully oppose ADV. fiercely, hotly, strongly, vigorously His views on evolution are strongly contested by other scientists. | successfully, unsuccessfully Defence lawyers successfully contested the case.

4 general::   noun ADJ. close, closely fought, equal, even | one-sided, unequal The contest was too one-sided to be exciting. | open This contest is wide open: any of half a dozen teams could win it. | fair The other bidders for the contract complained that it had not been a fair contest. | exciting, good, great, thrilling | bitter | head-to-head The contestants are eliminated one by one until the last two compete in a head-to-head contest. | global, international, local, national, regional | election/electoral, gubernatorial, leadership, political, presidential | beauty, song, sporting, talent VERB + CONTEST have, hold, run We have three major beauty contests a year. Sporting contests are held in the arena. | compete in, enter, take part in A third candidate has entered the contest for the Republican nomination. | win, lose CONTEST + VERB take place PREP. during a/the ~ During the election contest newspapers are not allowed to publish public opinion polls. | in a/the ~ Both sides are predicting victory in this close contest. | out of a/the ~ Jackson has injured his knee and is now out of the contest. | ~ against They won the doubles contest against the Williams sisters. | ~ between the contest between these two great boxers | ~ for the contest for the leadership of the party | ~ over In the animal kingdom intruders usually lose contests over territories. | ~ with The New Zealanders are looking forward to future contests with South Africa. PHRASES be no contest (= used when one side in a contest is much stronger than the other and is sure to win), the winner of a contest