(v. t.) To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.
(v. t.) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.
(v. t.) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.
(v. i.) To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with.
(n.) Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.
(n.) Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter.
Example Sentences:
(1) The size of Florida makes the kind of face-to-face politics of the earlier contests impossible, requiring instead huge ad spending.
(2) Since the election on 7 March there has been a bitter contest for power in Iraq led by Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
(3) It is understood that Cooper rejected pressure from senior Labour figures last week for both her and Liz Kendall to drop out and leave the way clear for Burnham to contest Corbyn alone.
(4) As he gears up to contest the Liberal Democrat seat of Gordon in north-east Scotland, Salmond effectively assumes a commanding role in the general election campaign.
(5) This is contested by the report of three cases of dilatation of Stensen's duct complicated by lithiasis and stenosis, with associated canalar pseudo-cysts.
(6) But in each party there are major issues to be dealt with as the primary phase of the contests slips gradually into the rear-view mirror.
(7) It was not just that there was only one female candidate – Berger – across four contests.
(8) Who's backing who in the Tory leadership contest The dramatic events have put May well in the lead in parliament, with the public backing of well over 100 MPs, including 10 cabinet ministers, followed by Leadsom, with just under 40 MPs, and then Michael Gove and Stephen Crabb with over 20.
(9) South Korea was put on high alert a year ago amid fears that the North was about to provoke a clash in the contested waters of the Yellow Sea.
(10) His formal entry into the contest marks a key moment in the nascent race for the Republican nomination, which is set to be the most congested presidential primary either party has held since 1976.
(11) 9.59am GMT Summary We’ll leave you with a summary of what transpired here throughout the day: • Julia Gillard announced a contest for her position as prime minister following calls by Simon Crean, a senior minister in her government, for her to be replaced by her predecessor, Kevin Rudd • Shortly before the ballot was to take place Kevin Rudd announced he would not stand for the Labor Party leadership , re-iterating his promise to the Australian people that he would not challenge Julia Gillard • When it came time for the ballot, Gillard was the only person who stood for the leadership and she and her deputy Wayne Swan were elected unopposed .
(12) Buhari has described himself as a “converted democrat” who repeatedly contested and lost elections after civilian rule was restored 16 years ago.
(13) This study analyzed the cost-effectiveness and distribution of costs by program stage of three smoking cessation programs: a smoking cessation class; an incentive-based quit smoking contest; and a self-help quit smoking kit.
(14) Jeremy Corbyn 'would increase mandate if he faced leadership contest' Read more Inside a ground floor hall, there are already no empty seats.
(15) The contours of the next Labour leadership contest are hard to see at the moment.
(16) The show is so out of touch that 17-year-old contestant Nicholas McDonald complained to Dermot live on air during week five that none of the genres had happened within his lifetime.
(17) José Mourinho ended this breathless contest on his knees with a sliding, turf-surfing celebration that was fuelled by relief as much as joy.
(18) Summer Zervos: Apprentice contestant claims Trump kissed and groped her Read more “There’s an old principle,” said William Galston , a former adviser to Bill Clinton and now a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
(19) Tonight the BBC's new singing contest The Voice goes head to head with Simon Cowell's Britain's Got Talent on ITV.
(20) Excretion of zinc and especially of silicon through the kidneys and intestine drastically grew on the day of the contest.
Overtime
Definition:
(n.) Time beyond, or in excess of, a limit; esp., extra working time.
Example Sentences:
(1) As more care was shifted to outpatient services overtime, overall costs dropped, despite marked increases in the cost of outpatient medications such as zidovudine.
(2) Los Angeles were relentless in their vicious pursuit of a game-tying goal on Wednesday, bidding to send Game 4 into overtime.
(3) Unfortunately for New Mexico State, and fortunately for everyone who had work the next day, there would be no double overtime.
(4) And just a few games shy of making history, the Warriors blew a 17-point lead and fell to the Minnesota Timberwolves – another team that didn’t even come close to making the playoffs – after forcing the game into overtime.
(5) It completed its primary 100-day science mission last month and was on overtime.
(6) I have to put a roof over my son’s head.” Junior doctors will be balloted to decide whether to strike over a radical new contract imposed on them by the Department of Health, which redefines their normal working week to include Saturday and removes overtime rates for work between 7pm and 10pm every day except Sunday.
(7) Chicago's Patrick Kane scored on a backhand at 9:40 of overtime to secure victory over Minnesota.
(8) 4.34am BST Rangers 2-2 Kings, 7:09, first overtime Richards throws it in, St Louis a shot and a save by Quick!
(9) One of our readers, who prefers not to be mentioned, has the answer to the question, can anyone remember a double overtime playoff game?
(10) Around 50 suburban Chicago police departments and sheriff’s offices assisted, racking up more than $300,000 in overtime and other costs, according to an analysis that the Daily Herald newspaper published in early October.
(11) Chosen number one in the 2012 draft as a replacement for Peyton Manning, Luck has already built a reputation as a comeback king, engineering 10 fourth quarter or overtime regular season game winning drives, more than any other quarterback in his first two seasons.
(12) Overtime will only be paid when hours exceed 87 hours a week – 39 more than the maximum allowed under the European working time directive.
(13) A spokesman for the committee said: "There are challenges with calculation of overtime pay and hours, and we are working with the contractor to rectify any non-compliance."
(14) Staff at Countrywide Property Lawyers, the biggest firm of residential conveyancers in the UK, have had to work overtime and weekends to cope with the extra business.
(15) Acknowledging the problems found at the suppliers, Samsung said: "We have identified the need for initiatives to reduce employee overtime as a top priority, and we are researching and developing measures that will eliminate hours beyond legal limits by the end of 2014."
(16) "Many retail jobs required staff to work for 16 hours each week, with overtime payable for any hours worked beyond that.
(17) Overtime” payments have to be fought for and do not compensate for the additional hours worked.
(18) They would try to boost their income, perhaps by doing a bit of overtime or taking a second job, and they would tighten their belts.
(19) #NHLplayoffs #Blackhawks #Kings June 2, 2014 4.05am BST Kings 4-4 Blackhawks, 16:43, 1st overtime Brown wrists a shot but it's deflected!
(20) Ineos's demands include abolishing Grangemouth's final salary pension scheme, freezing wages and scrapping bonuses until 2017 as well as cutting shift allowances, overtime pay, holidays and redundancy terms.