Meaning

• Controversy; debate.

  "no contest"

• Struggle for superiority; combat.

• A competition.

  "The child entered the spelling contest."

Meaning

• To contend.

  "I will contest for the open seat on the board."

• To call into question; to oppose.

  "The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities."

• To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.

  "The troops contested every inch of ground."

• To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.