<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.</li><li>a formal contest in which the affirmative and negative sides of a proposition are advocated by opposing speakers.</li><li>deliberation; consideration.</li><li>strife; contention.</li><li>vigorous or bitter conflict in argument; dispute; controversy: Their marriage was marred by perpetual contest.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to struggle or fight for, as in battle.</li><li>to argue against; dispute: to contest a controversial question; to contest a will.</li><li>to call in question: They contested his right to speak.</li><li>to contend for in rivalry.</li></ul>