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Meaning of "contested" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONTESTED

contested  [kənˈtɛstɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTESTED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Contested is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CONTESTED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of contested in the English dictionary

The definition of contested in the dictionary is causing dispute or argument.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONTESTED


attested
əˈtɛstɪd
chicken-breasted
ˈtʃɪkɪnˌbrɛstɪd
congested
kənˈdʒɛstɪd
dermestid
ˌdɜːˈmɛstɪd
indigested
ˌɪndɪˈdʒɛstɪd
infested
ɪnˈfɛstɪd
nested
ˈnɛstɪd
noninfested
ˌnɒnɪnˈfɛstɪd
rat-infested
ˈrætɪnˌfɛstɪd
rested
ˈrɛstɪd
shark-infested
ˌʃɑːkɪnˈfɛstɪd
tried-and-tested
ˈtraɪdəndˈtɛstɪd
uncontested
ˌʌnkənˈtɛstɪd
undigested
ˌʌndaɪˈdʒɛstɪd
uninvested
ˌʌnɪnˈvɛstɪd
unmolested
ˌʌnməˈlɛstɪd
unprotested
ˌʌnprəˈtɛstɪd
unrested
ʌnˈrɛstɪd
untested
ʌnˈtɛstɪd
vested
ˈvɛstɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTESTED

conterminously
contessa
contesseration
contest
contestability
contestable
contestableness
contestably
contestant
contestation
contester
contestingly
context
context-sensitive
contextless
contextual
contextual advertising
contextualise
contextualize
contextually

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTESTED

barrel-chested
can´t get arrested
Chinese crested
crested
crocodile-infested
deep-chested
disinterested
flat-chested
forested
half-digested
interested
means-tested
nonvested
posted
predigested
self-interested
unattested
unharvested
uninterested
unvested
well-attested

Synonyms and antonyms of contested in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONTESTED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «contested» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of contested

Translation of «contested» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONTESTED

Find out the translation of contested to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of contested from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «contested» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

争议
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

impugnada
570 millions of speakers

English

contested
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चुनाव लड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المتنازع عليها
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

оспаривается
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contestada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contestée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bertanding
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fochten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

争わ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경쟁
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dikalahake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tranh chấp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போட்டியிட்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निवडणूक लढवली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

itiraz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contestato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zaskarżona
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

оспорюється
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

contestat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προσβαλλόμενη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

betwiste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ifrågasatta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

omstridt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of contested

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTESTED»

The term «contested» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.780 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTESTED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «contested» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «contested» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about contested

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2 QUOTES WITH «CONTESTED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word contested.
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Neymar
Every team going to Brazil 2014 will be there to win, and it's going to be a fiercely contested World Cup.
2
Elizabeth Price
Because it's difficult to have a career as an artist, and in every situation where it's difficult to have a career, it's even harder for women, for all the other reasons that it's harder in other fiercely contested fields.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTESTED»

Discover the use of contested in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to contested and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Contested Culture: The Image, the Voice, and the Law
By looking at legal texts - such as judicial opinions and stars' contracts - as cultural artifacts in their own right, and by offering a poststructualist analysis of these texts, Jane Gaines explores not only the legal but the cultural ...
Jane Gaines, 1991
2
Contested Citizenship: Immigration and Cultural Diversity in ...
Ruud Koopmans is professor of sociology at Free University, Amsterdam. Paul Statham is reader in political communications at the University of Leeds. Marco Giugni is a researcher and teacher of political science at the University of Geneva.
Ruud Koopmans, 2005
3
The Contested Parterre: Public Theater and French Political ...
Offering a commoner's eye view of the drama offstage, this fascinating history of French theater audiences clearly demonstrates how problems in the parterre reflected tensions at the heart of the Old Regime.Jeffrey S. Ravel vividly depicts ...
Jeffrey S. Ravel, 1999
4
The Contested Castle: Gothic Novels and the Subversion of ...
The Gothic novel emerged out of the romantic mist alongside a new conception of the home as a separate sphere for women.
Kate Ferguson Ellis, 1989
5
Contested Terrain: The Transformation of the Workplace in ...
The controversial study by a young radical economist of the transformation of the workplace-- where today impersonal bureaucracies legitimate hierarchies and enhance the employer's control over the worker.
Richard C. Edwards, Richard Edwards, 1979
6
The Contested City
Includes case studies of Boston (Mass) and San Francisco.
John H. Mollenkopf, 1983
7
Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?
Contested Will unravels the mystery of when and why so many people began to question whether Shakespeare wrote the plays (among them such leading writers and artists as Sigmund Freud, Henry James, Mark Twain, Helen Keller, Orson Welles, and ...
James Shapiro, 2011
8
Contested Lives: The Abortion Debate in an American Community
Based on the struggle over a Fargo, North Dakota, abortion clinic, "Contested Lives" explores one of the central social conflicts of our time.
Faye D. Ginsburg, 1998
9
Contested Futures: A Sociology of Prospective Techno-Science
The book shifts the analytical gaze from looking into the future to looking at the future as a sociological phenomenon in its own right.
Nik Brown, Brian Rappert, Andrew Webster, 2000
10
Contested Truths: Keywords in American Politics Since ...
The language of argument uses particular words with particular, sometimes shifting meanings, though time.
Daniel T. Rodgers, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTESTED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term contested is used in the context of the following news items.
1
North Sea helicopter data handover ruling contested
A RULING that investigators should hand over flight safety data from a fatal North Sea helicopter crash to Scotland's leading prosecutor is being ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
2
DAC Beachcroft unveils new leadership following contested election
DAC Beachcroft has elected real estate partner Virginia Clegg as the firm's new senior partner, while insurance head David Pollitt has been ... «Legal Business, Jul 15»
3
Most council elections contested
The filing window to for municipal council positions closed Thursday, and most races in the area are contested, according to Gallatin County ... «Belgrade News, Jul 15»
4
Rabbitte would have contested election if still in Cabinet
Former Labour Party leader and minister for communication Pat Rabbitte has said he “would be obligated to contest the election” if still a ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
5
First Day Filings: Contested Races Abound
There will be a number of contested races in the 2015 municipal vote in November, that evident after only the first day of filing, including a race ... «Go Blue Ridge, Jul 15»
6
University students join forces for keenly contested comp
AFTER helping the Toowoomba Mountaineers to double Queensland Basketball League victories, Joe McConnell was back on the court ... «The Queensland Times, Jul 15»
7
On this day 7 years ago Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal contested
Tennis - Today, it´s the seventh anniversary of the match which is regarded as the best in history of tennis by many tennis fans and experts. Yes ... «Tennis World - the place for Tennis News and Tennis Tournament, Jul 15»
8
Aleppo: Syrian Army says it has control of contested district of city
The Syrian army says it has taken control of a district in Aleppo City after an intense offensive by rebel groups. A video released by the Syrian ... «euronews, Jul 15»
9
Greeks Divided as Polls Close in Hotly Contested Referendum
In the birthplace of democracy, the word "crisis" is on everybody's lips. Appropriately, the word's etymology is ancient Greek, roughly meaning ... «VICE News, Jul 15»
10
'Religion' a contested term
Beijing. Is China one of the world's most atheist countries? That's the conclusion of a poll by WIN/Gallup International, released earlier this year, ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»

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