Dec 26, 2016 · For more than a century, Thailand and Cambodia have contested sovereignty at various undemarcated points along their 817-kilometer (508-mile) land border – a dispute that has …

CONTESTED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of contest 2. If you contest a formal statement, a claim, a…. Learn more.

CONTESTED definition: battled; fought. See examples of contested used in a sentence.

Definition of 'contested' contested in British English (kənˈtɛstɪd ) adjective causing dispute or argument

1. To compete or strive for; struggle to gain or control: trade routes that were contested by competing cultures. 2. To call into question and take an active stand against; dispute or challenge: contest a …

strife in argument; dispute; controversy: Their marriage was marred by perpetual contest. v.t. to struggle or fight for, as in battle. to argue against; dispute: to contest a controversial question; to contest a …

contest something to formally oppose a decision or statement because you think it is wrong to contest a will (= try to show that it was not correctly made in law) The divorce was not contested. His insurance …

Something that's contested is argued over or questioned. Contested election results may need to be re-counted, since the two sides can't agree on their validity.

contested, adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

When something is described as contested, it means that it is not universally agreed upon. There may be different opinions or disagreements surrounding it.