Contest and Explain

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Contest

Contest verb - To demand proof of the truth or rightness of.
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Explain and contest are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Explain" instead a verb "Contest".
Nearby Words: contested, contestant, contestation, contesting

Explain

Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.
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Contest and explain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contest" instead a verb "Explain".
Nearby Words: explanation, explained, explaining, explicable, explainable

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reasoning contest reasoning explain reasoning
power contest power explain power
plan contest plan explain plan
bit contest bit explain bit

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  • Series / Home Improvement Lampshaded Double Entendre: After the older boys explain that their parents were having a 'somersault contest' to explain their makeup sex, Mark asks who won the somersault contest.
    Source: Series / Home Improvement
  • According to some reports, Diana Wynne Jones wrote some of the book after judging an amateur fantasy contest, which would explain a few things...
    Source: Affectionate Parody / Literature
  • The Neidermeyer That would mean she'd have to explain why she endangered two very expensive ships and a couple hundred lives in a pissing contest
    Source: The Neidermeyer
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