Definition
a (poetry) contest: a (poetry) competition
to contest (a parking ticket): to dispute, to object to, to challenge (a parking ticket)
a contestant: a participant, an opponent, a competitor
- "Reading Comprehension Contest"
- "Our next contestant is Horatio Oléré."
- "We need to make this contest great again."
- "Due to a tragic gas explosion in the Olympic village, all other contestants were killed before the event."
- "Brian : Gideon, this contest has become European Carnage."
- "Dr. Loblaw : Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the scientific study of anomalous speech patterns - also known as the "crazy accent contest"."
- "Edward : Well, I think I should write all the songs for the contests."
- "Each contestant will be asked to pronounce the same sentence."
- "Don't forget the winner of the contest will spend a weekend with me on my private jet (also a contractual obligation)."
- "Dr. Loblaw : Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the scientific study of anomalous speech patterns, also known as the "crazy accent contest"."
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