contests is a form of:
Contest
noun
- 1.
- (Struggle for superiority or victory, a competition) ការប្រជែង, ការប្រកួត, តស៊ូ, ការប្រឡងប្រជែង, ការដណ្ដើម, ការប្រណាំង-ប្រយុទ្ធ (ក្នុងកីឡា)
- 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ការប្រកួតប្រជែង
verb — past tense: contested ; past participle: contested ; present participle: contesting ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to struggle (with or against)) ជជែក, ប្រឈ្លោះ, ប្រជែង
Example: Games, debates, and lawsuits are contests, to contest an election: to contest a will, Troops contested every foot of the battlefield.contest for a prize ប្រជែងគ្នា
Example: Contest, a will. - 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to try to disprove, to dispute; to fight for) ប្រកែក, ជំទាស់, ពិភាក្សា, ពិភាក្សាតទល់ contest a decision ជំទាស់តវ៉ា
- 3.
- ជំទាស់, ប្រកួតប្រជែង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.
- 2.
- Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter.
verb — past tense: contested ; past participle: contested ; present participle: contesting ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with.
- 1.
- battle, challenge, contention, debate, dispute, duel, encounter, quarrel, squabble, test, trail
- 1.
- agreement, concord, decision, harmony