(n.) One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one who claims that which has been awarded to another.
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.
Corinthian
Definition:
(a.) Of or relating to Corinth.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the Corinthian order of architecture, invented by the Greeks, but more commonly used by the Romans.
(a.) Debauched in character or practice; impure.
(a.) Of or pertaining to an amateur sailor or yachtsman; as, a corinthian race (one in which the contesting yachts must be manned by amateurs.)
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Corinth.
(n.) A gay, licentious person.
Example Sentences:
(1) He is likely to become Villas-Boas' second major acquisition of the summer following the signing of Brazil international midfielder Paulinho from Corinthians.
(2) MK Dons v Chelsea: match preview Read more The club annouced Pato’s arrival on an initial six-month loan move from Corinthians on Friday night after he attended a work permit hearing in London.
(3) He represented Colombia at the 1994 World Cup and captained Corinthians to their first World Club Cup title in 2000.
(4) A former defender who packed in a fairly undistinguished playing career to become a fitness coach, Menezes's stints in charge of Gremio and Corinthians were his most high profile management gigs prior to getting the Brazil job.
(5) In the end the Chelsea players who had hoped to conquer the world were left slumped on the turf as the Brazilian drums pounded and the raucous hordes of Corinthians supporters bellowed their celebration into the night sky.
(6) A block north of the waterfront on Merchant Road, workmen up ladders are carefully painting corinthian capitals with yellow limewash and adjusting teak window frames, putting the finishing touches to a restoration project that offers a different model for saving heritage structures, while training local builders in the process.
(7) In 2001, Carson and his wife, Lacena “Candy” Carson, placed a substantial share of that wealth in real estate, buying a 48-acre property outside of Baltimore in rural Maryland, that boasted Georgian décor, interior corinthian columns with gold-leaf capitals, a palace staircase, eight bedrooms and 12 bathrooms.
(8) Arch Bullard, then an assistant district attorney, confirmed to the Daily Corinthian, the local newspaper, in March 2001 that the plea deal meant that the record would show that Gillis “was part of the conspiracy but not the person who actually committed the murder”.
(9) With its stripped-back stone slab, here hovering above a line of Corinthian columns, it speaks volumes about this moment in time, its architecture used to embody rapid modernisation, nostalgia for historical greatness and the imagined national unity of yore.
(10) He was unambiguously a supporter of São Paulo team Corinthians, often commenting on its performances.
(11) He added that according to Fifa's files the transfer of Tevez and Mascherano from Brazilian side Corinthians to West Ham had complied with international transfer regulations.
(12) There are also the three mentions of Bolivian club The Strongest ; in Samuel 11:16, Chronicles 5:2, and Daniel 3:20, while Brazilian outfit Corinthians even share their name with two books in the Bible.
(13) São Paulo's Itaquerão stadium is locked in a dispute with the government over funding and disagreements exist between Odebrecht and the Corinthians club.
(14) He gestures as if to say: “If that happens, well ... let’s see when we get there.” Mascherano has come a long way since his move from Corinthians to West Ham United ended up playing an inadvertent part in the reshuffling of third-party ownership and a Premiership investigation into how transfers are structured.
(15) One of the club's most famous matches was the ' Corinthians Invasion ' of the Maracanã in 1976.
(16) Across Stanley Park, Liverpool are believed to have wrapped up an £11m deal for Corinthians’ Brazilian striker Alexandre “The Duck” Pato .
(17) 100: Paulinho, Corinthians, Brazil; age 24, midfielder On paper he is a defensive midfielder, just like Ramires, with whom he forms the holding partnership for Brazil's national team.
(18) Paulo Padilha also writes in: "Corinthians fans made an impression last year when somewhere between 20,000 and 30,000 of them made the trip to Japan for the Club World Cup.
(19) There is the incredible tale she tells of Bert Trautmann acting as official interpreter for the Manchester Corinthians team who, representing England, won a tournament held in Germany in 1957.
(20) For Mike Hussey, director of Land Securities' London , who was managing the development at the time, that meant an architect working in traditional or classical styles, such as Quinlan Terry, one of the princes' favourite architects, who specialises in building grand houses in historical modes: Ionic, Gothick, Corinthian, Regency, but definitely not "ultra-modern" as Nouvel proposed.