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contests

contests is the plural of contest.

contests is the third-person singular simple present indicative of contest.

Meaning of contest

Noun

contest (countable and uncountable, plural contests)

  1. (uncountable) Controversy; debate.
    • no contest
  2. (uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.
    Synonyms:
    battle, combat, fight
  3. (countable) A competition.
    • The child entered the spelling contest.
    Synonyms:
    competition, pageant

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Phrases with contests

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Questions about contests

What is contests the plural of?
Contests is the plural of contest.

Words near contests in the dictionary

  1. contesteth
  2. contestible
  3. contesting
  4. contestingly
  5. contestings
  6. contests
  7. contex
  8. contexed
  9. contexing
  10. context
  11. context clue

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Adapted from Wiktionary: contests (page history and authors); contest (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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