contested
pronunciation
How to pronounce contested in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce contested in American English:
US
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- Adjective:
- disputed or made the object of contention or competition
Word Origin
- contested (adj.)
- 1670s, past participle adjective from contest (v.). Of elections, from 1771, American English.
Example
- 1. Bettencourt 's money was contested long before sarkozy entered the picture .
- 2. Even with more goodwill , this exercise would be contested .
- 3. Inevitably the comparisons can be contested .
- 4. But the vision is contested .
- 5. At the root of the region 's tensions are contested versions of history .