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contest

/ˈkɒntɛst/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈkɒntɛst/

contest

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: IPA vowel pattern
Ending: Clear final sound

con - test -> contest

Myanmar meaning

(v) ခုခံပြောဆို (n) ယှဉ်ပြိုင်ပွဲ

Full entry

contest /kǝn'test/ v

၁။ မဟုတ်မမှန်ကြောင်း ငြင်းဆိုသည်။ မသင့် ကြောင်း ထောက်ပြသည်။ ခုခံပြောဆိုသည်။ contest a statement/point ❍ contest a will (ie try to show that it was not properly made in law).
၂။ ပါဝင်ယှဉ်ပြိုင်သည်။
As a protest, the party has decided not to contest this election. ❍ contest a seat in Parliament ❍ a hotly contested game. အကြိတ်အနယ်နွှဲသောပွဲ။
/'kɒntest/ n
၁။ ယှဉ်ပြိုင်ပွဲ။ ပြိုင်ပွဲ။
a boxing/archery/dancing/beauty contest ❍ The election was so one-sided that it was really no contest (ie only one side was likely to win). ❍ sport
၂။ ~ (for sth) ဦးဆောင်မှုနေရာ အတွက် ပြိုင်ဆိုင်လှုပ်ရှားခြင်း။ ကုလားထိုင်လုပွဲ။ a contest for the leadership of the party.
❏ contestant /kǝn'testǝnt/ n ~ (for sth) ပြိုင်ပွဲဝင်။ ယှဉ် ပြိုင်သူ။ Compare COMPETITOR

More examples

A contest between the two top-rated tennis players in the world
A singing/poetry contest
The contest for the lottery franchise
She has now withdrawn from the presidential contest.

Synonyms

competition, challenge, race, match, gala, game, fight, action, affray, altercate, altercation, argue, attack, battle, battle royal, beef, blast, brawl, break with, brush, buck, call in question, combat, compete, concours, conflict, contend, controversy, cross, debate, defend, discord, discussion, dispute, doubt, duel, emulation, encounter, engagement, feud, fight over, fray, gang up on, give it one's all, go, go for it, go for jugular, hassle, jockey for position, jump on, knuckle with, lay a finger on, lay out, litigate, meet, meeting, mix it up with, object to, oppose, proving, push, put on gloves, put up dukes, quarrel, query, question, rencounter, repel, rival, rivalry, row, rumble, rumpus, run-in, scramble for, scrap, scuffle, set to, set-to, shock, shoot for, skirmish, sock, sport, square off, stand up for, static, strife, strike, striving, struggle, take on, tangle, testing, tilt, tournament, traverse, trial, trying, tug-of-war, vie, warfare, withstand, wrangle

Antonyms

abandon, accept, accord, agree, agreement, aid, allow, assist, calm, concur, desert, give up, go along, harmonize, harmony, help, leave, make peace, peace, quiet, resign, stillness, support, surrender, tranquility, truce, yield

Cross references

competition challenge race match gala game fight action affray altercate altercation argue attack battle battle royal beef blast brawl break with brush buck call in question combat compete concours conflict contend controversy

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