"beauty contest" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: beauty contests [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} beauty contest (plural beauty contests)
  1. A competition in which participants compete for a determination that one is the most physically attractive. Categories (topical): Appearance Synonyms: beauty pageant Derived forms: Keynesian beauty contest
    Sense id: en-beauty_contest-en-noun-BMQX7-zT Disambiguation of Appearance: 91 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. (business) A tender in which bidders are ranked according to some (known or secret) criteria. Categories (topical): Business
    Sense id: en-beauty_contest-en-noun-s-InZFJC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Topics: business

Noun [Italian]

Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English beauty contest. Etymology templates: {{ubor|it|en|beauty contest}} Unadapted borrowing from English beauty contest Head templates: {{it-noun|m|#|nolinkhead=1}} beauty contest m (invariable)
  1. beauty contest Tags: invariable, masculine
    Sense id: en-beauty_contest-it-noun-3E8XtmGz Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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