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contested

verb

Meaning

  1. To contend.
  2. To call into question; to oppose.
  3. To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
  4. To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.
  5. Controversial; contentious; debated

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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