close contest

collocation in English

meaningsofcloseandcontest

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close
adjective
uk
/kləʊs/us
/kloʊs/
having direct family connections or shared beliefs, support, ...
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contest
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.test/us
/ˈkɑːn.test/
a competition to do better than other people, usually in which prizes ...
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(Definition ofcloseandcontestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Interest in elections is greatest when there is aclosecontest.
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The referendum on the euro may be aclosecontest.
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Any claim of bias or ambiguity in a question can mean that in aclosecontestthe result is open to challenge.
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I referred earlier to the clear indicator for higher turnout: aclosecontest.
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Basically, theclosecontesthas exposed how complicated this country is.
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It is true that in a veryclosecontestany vote that does not include at least all candidates except one may be partly wasted.
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It was aclosecontest.
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What emerges from the general election statistics and from similar statistics on local government is that aclosecontestis a good predictor of a high turnout.
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If anyone is in any doubt about it he need only look at what happens in contested municipal elections, when there is a fairlyclosecontest.
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Turnout almost every time went up when people thought that it was going to be aclosecontest.
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Supposing there is going to be a veryclosecontestand the agent feels that he must spend up to the limit in order that his side may win.
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It was aclosecontestwith eight schools participating.
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He swam slower in the final, but his time of 51.14 s was enough to secure the gold medal in aclosecontest.
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She was re-elected in an extremelyclosecontestin the 2009 election.
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In aclosecontest, he lost two points for repeatedly losing his mouthpiece.
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She was re-elected in aclosecontestin the 2005 elections to a third term as mayor.
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The result is a game that - if played well by all players - will result in a veryclosecontest.
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Baca was handily reelected from this redrawn district in 2002, and didn't face anotherclosecontestagain until 2012.
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Expected to be aclosecontest, the series was tied 11.
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Duncan never faced anotherclosecontest, and was reelected 11 times, including two unopposed runs in 1972 and 1982.
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