contest in English: A game or event that people try hard to win; a competition. (noun)

Translation

A game or event that people try hard to win; a competition.

Word origin

From Latin contestari, meaning to call witnesses to a legal fight, from testis, a witness.

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You enter a contest, and you hope to win it.

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The winner of a contest often gets a prize.

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Any fight to win something can be a contest, not only games. As a verb it sounds different: to contest something is to argue against it.

win

To come first in a game, race, or fight, or to get something as a prize.

prize

Something you win in a game or competition.

game

A game is something you play for fun, often with rules and a winner.

race

A contest to see who can get to the end fastest.

champion

The person or team that wins a competition by beating everyone else.

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