0 a competition to determine who is best -- konkurranse [ masculine ]
a contest to see who was stronger en konkurranse for å se hvem som var sterkest
1 a competition for power -- strid [ masculine ]
2 a struggle, competition etc to gain an advantage or victory -- strid, konkurranse, tvist
a sporting contest.
3 to take part in a competition or election and attempt to win it -- konkurranse
Five candidates are contesting the by-election.
4 to state formally that you do not accept something because you disagree with it or think that it is wrong -- motsi
While donors generously finance post-conflict or founding elections, funds become scarcer for subsequent electoral contests.
Their status was contested by both markets and state hierarchies and their independence was constrained and manipulated.
Our findings suggest that political discussion is infrequently public, modestly contested and sometimes marred by inequality.
In this period, there have been 352 races where incumbents have been contested and where data are available.
Electorally contested 'swing' regions tended to be the beneficiaries of national subsidies rather than others.
The machinery developed here is quite general, but the main application is to two-candidate contests.
With nearly half of all constituencies contested, the election dramatically confirmed the extent to which divergent religious sensibilities provoked opposing political affiliations.
First, election contests in both chambers have tapered off considerably since the beginning of the twentieth century.
