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contest¹

B2 Topic:Sports & Fitness
US /ˈkɑn.tɛst/ UK /ˈkɒn.tɛst/

noun

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Homographs: contest² /kənˈtɛst/ — verb

Pronunciation and word origins: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Freq #3089

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A competition in which people try to win or to be the best.

    The child entered the spelling contest.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a competition in which... competitionpageant
Word family
Forms contestingcontestsuncontested

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Topics

Sports & Fitness

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