"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 28
(2) annual, monthly
Kolokacji: 2
1. close contest = wyrównana walka close contest
2. tight contest = ciasny konkurs tight contest
3. straight contest = prosty konkurs straight contest
4. unequal contest = nierówny konkurs unequal contest
  • The unequal contest ended when George discovered that his drink was empty and, with visible relief, broke for the bar.
  • As one Spanish ship retired beaten, another took her place, and for fifteen hours the unequal contest continued.
  • Seeing the two warriors standing by the fire she realised what an unequal contest it was.
  • Jettero Heller obviously didn't want anything to do with such an unequal contest.
  • Outnumbered, he drew his saber and began an unequal contest.
  • After a half hour of the unequal contest, the Boers surrendered.
  • In this unequal contest the Russians had the advantage of height.
  • However, the Sprite was closing rapidly, and soon she would throw her own weight into the unequal contest.
  • He dove toward Uhura, but it was an unequal contest.
  • There could be only one end to this unequal contest if Brion stayed on the defensive.
5. uneven contest = nierówny konkurs uneven contest
(10) real, genuine, ideological
Kolokacji: 3
(13) bitter, competitive, fierce
Kolokacji: 3
(15) literary, oratorical
Kolokacji: 2
(16) online, recent, new, ongoing
Kolokacji: 4
(18) statewide, nationwide
Kolokacji: 2
(19) hard-fought, tough, grueling
Kolokacji: 3
(21) slam-dunk, fair
Kolokacji: 2
(22) similar, different
Kolokacji: 2
(24) pie-eating, spirited, lively
Kolokacji: 3
(25) individual, separate, single
Kolokacji: 3
(26) physical, only, bruising
Kolokacji: 3
(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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