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0 a competition to do better than other people, usually in which prizes are given:
1 an attempt, usually against difficulties, to win an election or to get power or control:
The contest for the leadership of the party was very bitter.
The primary in Iowa is the first contest for the Republican nomination.
2 If you contest a formal statement, a claim, a judge's decision, or a legal case, you say formally that it is wrong or unfair and try to have it changed:
3 to compete for something:
5 a competition to do better than other people, esp. to win a prize or achieve a position of leadership or power: