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recontest

recontest verb: to contest again.

Verb

recontest (third-person singular simple present recontests, present participle recontesting, simple past and past participle recontested)

  1. To contest again.
    • Despite intensifying speculation about his future, Mr Costello has not announced if he will recontest Higgins.2009 March 9, Michael Harvey, “Peter Costello bolsters team”, in Herald Sun

Forms of recontest

third-person singular presentrecontests
present participlerecontesting
past participlerecontested
pastrecontested

Origin of recontest

From re- + contest.

Questions about recontest

What does recontest mean?
Recontest means to contest again.
What part of speech is recontest?
Recontest is a verb.
What is the past tense of recontest?
The past tense of recontest is recontested.

Words near recontest in the dictionary

  1. recontemplated
  2. recontemplates
  3. recontemplating
  4. recontemplation
  5. recontemplations
  6. recontest
  7. recontested
  8. recontesting
  9. recontests
  10. recontextualisation
  11. recontextualisations

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