contest

Noun
  1. An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants (synset 107470961)
    is a type of: social event - an event characteristic of persons forming groups
    subtypes:
    • game - a single play of a sport or other contest
    • athletic competition, athletic contest, athletics - a contest between athletes
    • bout - a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers)
    • championship - a competition at which a champion is chosen
    • chicken - a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops
    • cliffhanger - a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end
    • dogfight - a fiercely disputed contest
    • race - a contest of speed
    • tournament, tourney - a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
    • playoff - any final competition to determine a championship
    • rubber - a contest consisting of a series of successive matches between the same sides
    • series - (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams
    • field trial - a contest between gun dogs to determine their proficiency in pointing and retrieving
    • match - a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete
    • tournament - a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize
    • race - any competition
    • spelldown, spelling bee, spelling contest - a contest in which you are eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctly
    • trial - (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications
    same as: competition
  2. A struggle between rivals (synset 101171451)
    is a type of: competition, contention, rivalry - the act of competing as for profit or a prize
    subtypes:
Verb
  1. To make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation (synset 200871260)
    "They contested the outcome of the race"
    is a type of: oppose - be against; express opposition to
    subtypes: challenge, dispute, gainsay - take exception to
    same as: contend, repugn

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