Meanings
nouncontest competition (plural contest competitions)
plural contest competitions
- sciencesA type of competition where the resource is inadequate to fit the needs of all and the resource is partitioned unequally among contestants, thus some obtain all they need and others less than they need.
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contest competition. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contest%20competition
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“contest competition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contest%20competition. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contest competition,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contest%20competition.
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