Contest Verb 1 2 3, Past and Past Participle Form Tense of Contest V1 V2 V3

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)
contestcontestedcontested
Verb – es(Ves)Verb – ing(Ving)
contestscontesting
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.