contests
SayKON-testsUS/ˈkɑn.tɛsts/UK/ˈkɒn.tɛsts/
As a verbkuhn-TESTS
- 1Plural of contest. Use this form when you mean more than one.
The county fair holds baking and pie-eating contests every summer.
She entered three contests last year and won two of them.
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- 2Third-person singular present of contest. Use it with he, she, or it.
The defending champion contests every close call the referee makes.
He contests his father's will because he believes it was signed under pressure.
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contests is a form of contest
contest, noun: An event where people try to win by being the best. Full entry
- Forms
- contestcontests plural
- Spelling
- contest → contests: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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