Contest

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Contest

Contest : போட்டியிடு, போட்டிபோடு

Contest : போட்டி,போட்டிபோடு,போட்டியிடு,போட்டியிடு,போட்டிபோடு

Contest definition

Transitive verb.

  1. To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.
  2. To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.
  3. To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.

Intransitive verb. To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with.

Noun.

  1. Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.
  2. Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter.