different between contest vs heptathlon
contest
English
Etymology
From French contester, from Old French, from Latin contestor (“to call to witness”).
Pronunciation
Noun
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?n.t?st/
- (US) enPR: k?n't?st, IPA(key): /?k?n.t?st/
- Rhymes: -?nt?st
Verb
- (UK, US) enPR: k?nt?st', IPA(key): /k?n?t?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
contest (countable and uncountable, plural contests)
- (uncountable) Controversy; debate.
- Synonyms: controversy, debate, discussion
- (uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.
- Synonyms: battle, combat, fight
- (countable) A competition.
- Synonyms: competition, pageant
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
contest (third-person singular simple present contests, present participle contesting, simple past and past participle contested)
- (intransitive) To contend.
- Synonyms: compete, contend, go in for
- 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth
- As for the difficulty or obscurity of an argument, that does but add to the pleasure.of contesting with it when there are hopes of victory
- (transitive) To call into question; to oppose.
- Synonyms: call into question, oppose
- Antonym: support
- 1848, John Daniel Morell, Historical and Critical View of the Speculative Philosophy of Europe in the Nineteenth Century
- Few philosophical aphorisms have been more frequently repeated, few more contested than this.
- (transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
- (law) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.
- Synonym: controvert
Translations
Anagrams
- Consett, Cottens
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heptathlon
English
Etymology
hepta- +? -athlon
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?p?tæ?l?n/
Noun
heptathlon (plural heptathlons or heptathla)
- (athletics) An athletic contest comprising seven events; contested mostly by women, for whom this is an Olympic sport.
Related terms
- heptathlete
Translations
Italian
Noun
heptathlon m (invariable)
- (athletics) Alternative spelling of eptathlon
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