Contest Verb 1 2 3, Past and Past Participle Form Tense of Contest V1 V2 V3
contest
Meanings;
- Engage in competition to attain (a position of power)(transitive verb)
- Oppose (an action, decision, or theory) as mistaken or wrong.(transitive verb)
- An event in which people compete for supremacy in a sport, activity, or particular quality.(noun)
Verb(V1) | Past Tense(V2) | Past Participle(V3) |
contest | contested | contested |
Verb – es(Ves) | Verb – ing(Ving) |
contests | contesting |
Synonyms
compete for, contend for, vie for, challenge for, fight for, fight over, battle for, struggle for, tussle for, oppose, object to, challenge, dispute, take a stand against, resist, defy, strive against, struggle against, take issue with, competition, match, tournament, game, meet,
Example Sentences with contest
- This contest is fixed.
- Hurrah! We have won the contest.
- Did you enter the singing contest?
- If I enter the contest, I might win!
- We took part in the contest.
- Many students took part in the contest.
- Jessica got first prize in the eating contest.
- I am sure of his winning the speech contest.
- The contest started 10 minutes ago.
- It is still not too late to apply for the contest.
- A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of ‘curb appeal.’ Rent a wide-angle lens and good lighting, get rid of your clutter and post at least eight great photos to win the beauty contest.
- I thought it might be a good move to get into a beauty contest so I tried for Miss Pennsylvania and won. I think that helped me get noticed, at least by the people of Pennsylvania.
- It used to happen in villages and towns in China that they would have – I guess you’d call them beauty contests – where all of the women of a particular village or town would be seated behind these screens or curtains with only their feet showing.
- And often it would be a woman who was in her 70s or 80s who would win the beauty contest, because bound feet never age.
- Surely these women won’t lose any more of their beauty and charm by putting a ballot in a ballot box once a year than they are likely to lose standing in foundries or laundries all year round. There is no harder contest than the contest for bread, let me tell you that.
- I’m not out here to win a beauty contest.
- For Forms of Government let fools contest whatever is best administered is best.