"contest" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

contest sustantivo

sustantivo + contest

Kolokacji: 85

beauty contest • talent contest • popularity contest • leadership contest • song contest • ...

contest + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 9

contest winner • contest rule • contest entry • Song Contest site • contest judge • ...

contest + verbo

Kolokacji: 25

contest begins • contest takes • contest ends • contest goes • contest features • ...

verbo + contest

Kolokacji: 30

contest sponsored • plead no contest • enter the contest • win the contest • contest is held • ...

adjetivo + contest

Kolokacji: 99

presidential contest • annual contest • close contest • national contest • primary contest • Democratic contest • international contest • ...

frequent collocations

Kolokacji: 13

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 28

(1) presidential, amateur, gladiatorial, promotional, preliminary, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(2) annual, monthly

Kolokacji: 2

(3) close, tight, unequal, straight, uneven

Kolokacji: 5

1. close contest = wyrównana walka close contest

He faced two other candidates in a very close contest.
It was a close contest and produced a huge turnout.
The paper said that a close contest could push the price up to over $1bn (£610m).
But the vote is nonetheless seen as a close contest.
Rather, the two top contenders are in a very close contest.
The Predators lost their first game of the season in a close contest.
Expected to be a close contest, the series was tied 1-1.
For a report on that close contest, see Saturday's paper.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter Northwest lead the close contest, 17-16.
Although it is considered a close contest, the primary race may well prove to be the easy part.

2. tight contest = ciasny konkurs tight contest

3. straight contest = prosty konkurs straight contest

4. unequal contest = nierówny konkurs unequal contest

5. uneven contest = nierówny konkurs uneven contest

(4) national, open, head-to-head, public

Kolokacji: 4

(5) primary, final, big, important, great, ...

Kolokacji: 9

(6) Democratic, electoral, Republican, parliamentary

Kolokacji: 4

(7) international, local, friendly

Kolokacji: 3

(8) athletic, legal, arm-wrestling, ass-kicking

Kolokacji: 4

(9) political, mayoral, gubernatorial

Kolokacji: 3

(10) real, genuine, ideological

Kolokacji: 3

(11) early, previous, future, subsequent, upcoming

Kolokacji: 5

(12) three-way, three-cornered, two-way

Kolokacji: 3

(13) bitter, competitive, fierce

Kolokacji: 3

(14) major, musical, five-way, high-profile

Kolokacji: 4

(15) literary, oratorical

Kolokacji: 2

(16) online, recent, new, ongoing

Kolokacji: 4

(17) regional, regular-season, official, lopsided

Kolokacji: 4

(18) statewide, nationwide

Kolokacji: 2

(19) hard-fought, tough, grueling

Kolokacji: 3

(20) heated, hot-dog-eating, exciting, closest

Kolokacji: 4

(21) slam-dunk, fair

Kolokacji: 2

(22) similar, different

Kolokacji: 2

(23) Congressional, legislative, divisive

Kolokacji: 3

(24) pie-eating, spirited, lively

Kolokacji: 3

(25) individual, separate, single

Kolokacji: 3

(26) physical, only, bruising

Kolokacji: 3

(27) long, verbal, short-story, protracted

Kolokacji: 4

(28) architectural, deadly

Kolokacji: 2

preposición + contest

Kolokacji: 14

with contests • into a contest • in the contest • of the contest • for the contest • ...

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