contest

«contest» in Mova's school dictionary: a game, race or competition where people try to win, such… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (contest, contests); verb (contest, contests, contested — to argue against)

meaning for a pupil

1) A contest is a game, race or competition where people try to win, such as a spelling contest. tree →

2) To contest something is to argue that it is wrong or unfair. tree →

sense in the lessons

maths: a story setting with points, scores, prizes, entrants or places to compare (first, second, third); school: spelling contests, art contests, science fairs; everyday life: pie-eating contests at the fair; stories: who wins, being a good loser

examples

• Ten children entered the contest. tree →
• She won $50 in the contest. tree →
• In the pie-eating contest, Tom ate 4 pies and Ben ate 6. tree →
• Each winner of the contest gets 3 books. tree →
• Our class held a spelling contest. tree →
• She came second in the drawing contest. tree →
• The contest ends on Friday. tree →
• It was a close contest. tree →
• Now let us have a little contest. tree →

note

A word of the story; the counts are people, points or prizes. Trap: comparing two scores in a contest usually asks for a difference. Noun said «CON-test»; verb said «con-TEST».

In the corpora

• You cannot win a contest you never entered; «you have won» messages are tricks to steal information or money.
• Friendly contests are fun when nobody gets hurt and nobody needs to win.
• Bouncing contest instead,» and he went for it.
• Present contests make people lie, and nobody really wins them.
• You don't have to join every contest; stepping out often makes a rivalry fizzle.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «contest» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.