Contest and Essay

Contest

Contest noun - An earnest effort for superiority or victory over another.

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Essay and contest are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Essay" instead the word "Contest" as a noun or a verb.

Essay noun - A short piece of writing typically expressing a point of view.

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Contest and essay are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contest" instead the word "Essay" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: essayed, essayist, essaying

good	good contest	good essay
notable	notable contest	notable essay
best	best contest	best essay
long	long contest	long essay
Other adjectives: particular, short, actual, entire, infamous, ugly, famous, final, funny, last, academic.

Lisa Simpson writes an essay that gets a corrupt Senator arrested and impeached, but that same essay is beaten by a Vietnamese immigrant's in a national contest (see Crack Defeat).

Source: Dude, Where's My Reward?
He got into college, the essay won a contest, and Gallagher is now a successful novelist.

Source: Badass Boast / Real Life
Used once in Recess when Gretchen wins a NASA contest because of her essay, and thinks she's going to be going on the space shuttle.

Source: Leaning on the Fourth Wall

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