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contest

/ˈkɒntest/KON-test
/ˈkɑntɛst/KAHN-test

Meaningto call witnesses together

Common meaning: a competition

Other meanings: to dispute

‘with, together’ + ‘a witness’ → contest

Journey through time

  1. Latintestis‘a witness’
  2. Frenchcontester
  3. Englishcontest‘a competition’ · today

con- also in: convexconveyconcaveconcealconcede

test also in: testifytestamenttestimonydetestprotest

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin testis ‘a witness’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry testis, p. 1863 · dictionary scan

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Related words

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