contest: translation
•Roman•
I.•/Roman•
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ close, equal (BrE), even, tight
▪ closely fought (esp. BrE), hard-fought
▪ one-sided, unequal (BrE)
▪ The contest was too one-sided to be exciting.
▪ open
▪ This contest is wide open: any of half a dozen teams could win it.
▪ fair
▪ The other bidders for the contract complained that it had not been a fair contest.
▪ exciting, good, great, real, thrilling
▪ bitter
▪ head-to-head
▪ The contestants are eliminated one by one until the last two compete in a head-to-head contest.
▪ global, international, local, national, regional
▪ election, electoral, gubernatorial (AmE), leadership (esp.BrE), political, presidential, primary
▪ beauty, popularity, song, talent
▪ athletic (esp. AmE), sporting (esp. BrE), sports (esp. AmE)
VERB + CONTEST
▪ have, hold, run
▪ We have three major beauty contests a year.
▪ Talent contests are held in the club.
▪ sponsor (AmE)
▪ compete in, enter, take part in
▪ A third candidate has entered the contest for the Republican nomination.
▪ lose, win
CONTEST + VERB
▪ take place
PREPOSITION
▪ during a/the contest
▪ During the election contest newspapers are not allowed to publish public opinion polls.
▪ in a/the contest
▪ Both sides are predicting victory in this close contest.
▪ out of a/the contest
▪ Jackson has injured his knee and is now out of the contest.
▪ contest against
▪ He won his opening contest against Costa of Argentina.
▪ contest between
▪ the contest between these two great boxers
▪ contest for
▪ the contest for the leadership of the party
▪ contest over
▪ In the animal kingdom intruders usually lose contests over territories.
▪ contest with
▪ The New Zealanders are looking forward to future contests with South Africa.
PHRASES
▪ a contest of skills (esp. AmE), a contest of strength
▪ be no contest (= used when one side in a contest is much stronger than the other and is sure to win)
▪ the winner of a contest
•Roman•
II.•/Roman•
verb
1 in a competition
ADVERB
▪ bitterly, fiercely, hotly, keenly (esp. BrE)
▪ The election was bitterly contested.
▪ closely, tightly
▪ successfully
2 oppose
ADVERB
▪ fiercely, hotly, strongly, vigorously
▪ His views on evolution are strongly contested by other scientists.
▪ successfully
▪ Defence lawyers successfully contested the case.
Contest is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑party
Contest is used with these nouns as the object: ↑allegation, ↑divorce, ↑election, ↑final, ↑seat, ↑will