Contest and Round

Contest

Contest noun - A competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize.

Usage example: a contest for the gold medal in diving

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Round and contest are semantically related In some cases you can use "Round" instead a noun "Contest".

Round noun - A circular strip.

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Contest and round are semantically related in heat topic. Sometimes you can use "Contest" instead a noun "Round".

Nearby Words: rounded, rounder, roundly, roundel, roundish

good	good contest	good round
musical	musical contest	musical round
long	long contest	long round
particular	particular contest	particular round
Other adjectives: following, single, simple, small, actual, entire, real, quick, secret, final, next, last, latest, yearly, previous.

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contest bit

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Apollo, who hated losing the first round of a music contest so much that he changed the rules of the second round to make it impossible for his competitor to win, then skinned the other guy alive.

Source: Driven by Envy
Tempting Fate: When Odie gets past the first round of a pet pageant (with Garfield's "help"), Garfield expresses confidence that "we can't lose." Then cue the announcer stating that the second round would be a talent contest.

Source: Western Animation / The Garfield Show
It would have been a no contest had the match been celebrated outside of a tournament, but as they were in midst of the King of Kings league, they had to get a winner of the round, and they chose Kohsaka because Fedor could not compete.

Source: Wrestling / Tsuyoshi Kohsaka

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