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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
contest
1. an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants (Freq. 8)
• Syn:
competition
• Hypernyms:
social event
• Hyponyms:
game, athletic contest, athletic competition, athletics, bout,
championship, chicken, cliffhanger, dogfight, race, tournament,
tourney, playoff, series, field trial, match, spelling bee,
spelldown, spelling contest, trial
2. a struggle between rivals (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
competition, contention, rivalry
• Hyponyms:
battle of wits, bidding contest, popularity contest
to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation (Freq. 3)
- They contested the outcome of the race
• Syn:
contend, repugn
• Derivationally related forms:
repugnance (for: repugn), contention (for: contend), contestable, contestation, contestee, contester
• Hypernyms:
oppose
• Hyponyms:
challenge, dispute, gainsay
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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