contesting
contesting noun: the act of one who contests something; a disputation. Also the present participle and gerund of contest.
Noun
contesting (plural contestings)
- The act of one who contests something; a disputation.
- With regard to these disputes, doubts, and contestings, of the early and the later times of the Republic, I may be allowed to note this: that we may easily wonder how they could have been raised by persons not foreign to the city, but who belonged to those same families the members of which formed...1888, Camillo Boito, The Basilica of S. Mark in Venice, page 154
Also used as
contesting is also the present participle and gerund of contest.
Forms of contesting
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Words formed from contesting
Questions about contesting
- What does contesting mean?
- Contesting means the act of one who contests something; a disputation.
- What part of speech is contesting?
- Contesting is a noun.
- What is the plural of contesting?
- The plural of contesting is contestings.
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