contesting
争う
解説 Definition
contesting は contest（争う、異議を唱える）の現在分詞・動名詞です。権利、結果、決定などをめぐって争っている状態を表します。
The present participle or gerund of contest, meaning challenging the validity of a result, decision, claim, or right, often through an official or legal process. It can also describe competing for control, recognition, or victory.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 contest に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語末の子音は重ねません。contest a result、contest a decision、contest a claim の形で「結果・決定・主張を正式に争う」と覚えましょう。単なる口論より、権利や判断の正当性に異議を唱える場面に合います。
Connect contesting directly with the base verb contest plus -ing; no final consonant is doubled. Picture a company contesting a court decision or voters contesting an election result. The useful patterns are contesting a result, contesting a claim, and contesting a decision. Unlike simply arguing, contesting often means formally challenging whether something is valid, fair, or legally justified. The -ing form presents that challenge as an ongoing action or turns it into the name of an activity.
例文
They are contesting the result of the vote.
彼らは投票結果を争っています。
The company is contesting the decision in court.
その会社は裁判でその決定を争っています。
By contesting the claim, she asked for a formal review.
その主張に異議を唱えることで、彼女は正式な見直しを求めました。
contesting の類義語・関連語
contesting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 contestari（証人を呼んで争う）から。con-（共に）+ testari（証言する）の構成で、法廷で互いに証人を立てて争う行為が原義。関連語: contest（競争）、testify（証言する）。証言を戦わせる場面から「異議を唱える・競い合う」という意味に発展した。
Contesting is formed from contest and the participial suffix -ing. Contest ultimately comes from Latin contestari, meaning to call witnesses or bring a matter to legal dispute, built from con- “together” and testari “to bear witness.” The legal image of opposing testimony helped produce the senses “challenge” and “compete.” Testify is historically related through the Latin family associated with witnessing.
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