English > contest: 3 senses > noun 1, event| Meaning | An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. |
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| Synonym | competition |
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| Narrower | athletic contest, athletic competition, athletics | A contest between athletes |
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| bout | A contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers) |
| championship | A competition at which a champion is chosen |
| chicken | A foolhardy competition |
| cliffhanger | A contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end |
| dogfight | A fiercely disputed contest |
| field trial | A contest between gun dogs to determine their proficiency in pointing and retrieving |
| game | A single play of a sport or other contest |
| match | A formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete |
| playoff | Any final / final competition to determine a championship |
| race | A contest of speed |
| race | Any competition |
| rubber | A contest consisting of a series of successive matches between the same sides |
| series | (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams |
| spelling bee, spelldown, spelling contest | A contest in which you are eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctly |
| tournament, tourney | A sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games / games / games to decide the winner |
| tournament | A series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize |
| trial | (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications |
| Broader | social event | An event characteristic of persons forming groups |
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| Spanish | campeonato, certamen, competencia, competición, concurso, contienda, prueba |
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| Catalan | campionat, certamen, competició, concurs |
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