The meaning of CONTEST is strive, vie. How to use contest in a sentence.

CONTESTED definition: battled; fought. See examples of contested used in a sentence.

CONTESTED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of contest 2. If you contest a formal statement, a claim, a…. Learn more.

Definition of 'contested' contested in British English (kənˈtɛstɪd ) adjective causing dispute or argument

1. To compete or strive for; struggle to gain or control: trade routes that were contested by competing cultures. 2. To call into question and take an active stand against; dispute or challenge: contest a …

strife in argument; dispute; controversy: Their marriage was marred by perpetual contest. v.t. to struggle or fight for, as in battle. to argue against; dispute: to contest a controversial question; to contest a …

Controversial; contentious; debated. Simple past tense and past participle of contest. In any case, Lori deserved to have something – and probably would have if she had contested the will instead of …