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Contest is a related term of crusade.


As a noun contest

is (uncountable) controversy; debate.

As a verb contest

is to contend.

As a proper noun crusade is

one of a series of ostensibly religious campaigns by christian forces from the 11th to the 13th century, mostly to capture the holy land from the muslims who occupied it.

contest

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Controversy; debate.
    • no contest
  • (uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.
  • (countable) A competition.
    • The child entered the spelling contest .

    Synonyms

    * (controversy) controversy, debate, discussion * (combat) battle, combat, fight * (competition) competition, pageant

    Derived terms

    (Terms derived from the noun "contest") * contest shape * fashion contest * no contest * pissing contest * popularity contest * wet t-shirt contest * will contest

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To contend.
    • I will contest for the open seat on the board.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Of man, who dares in pomp with Jove contest ?
  • * Bishop Burnet
    • The difficulty of an argument adds to the pleasure of contesting with it, when there are hopes of victory.
  • To call into question; to oppose.
    • The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities.
  • * J. D. Morell
    • Few philosophical aphorisms have been more frequently repeated, few more contested than this.
  • To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
    • The troops contested every inch of ground.
  • (legal) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.

    • Synonyms

    * (contend) compete, contend, go in for * (oppose) call into question, oppose

    Antonyms

    * (oppose) support

    crusade

    English

    Alternative forms

    (medieval history) (Crusade)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims.
    • During the crusades , many Muslims and Christians and Jews were slaughtered.
  • (figuratively) A grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause.
    • a crusade against drug abuse
  • (archaic) A Portuguese coin; a crusado.

    • Derived terms

    * crusader

    Related terms

    * cross * crucial * crucifer * crucify * crucifixion * excruciate * excruciation

    References

    * AskOxford.com

    See also

    * holy war * jihad * Miles Christi

    Verb

    (crusad)
  • To make a grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause.
    • He crusaded against similar injustices for the rest of his life.

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