competition

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See also compétition

English

Etymology

From Late Latin competitio, from competere, from Latin petō.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌkɒmpəˈtɪʃən/, SAMPA: /%kQmp@"tIS@n/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˌkɑːmpəˈtɪʃən/, SAMPA: /%kA:mp@"tIS@n/

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Noun

competition (countable and uncountable; plural competitions)

1. (uncountable) The action of competing.

   The competition for this job is strong.

2. (countable) A contest for a prize or award.

   The newspaper is featuring a competition to win a car.

3. (uncountable, collectively) The competitors in such a contest.

   The new stain remover was ten times more effective than the competition.

Antonyms

• (action of competing): cooperation

Derived terms

• competitioner
• economic competition

Related terms

• competitive

Translations

action of competing

Arabic: منافسة, f. Armenian: մրցակցություն (mrc'akc'ut'yun) Bulgarian: съперничество (bg) n., конкуренция (bg) f. Catalan: competència, f. Chinese: trad. 比賽, simpl. 比赛 (bǐsài), trad. 競爭, simpl. 竞争 (jìngzhēng) Danish: konkurrence (da) c. Dutch: concurrentie (nl) f. Estonian: võistlus Ewe: ɖikeke Finnish: kilpailu (fi) French: compétition (fr) f., concurrence (fr) f. German: Konkurrenz (de) f. Greek: ανταγωνισμός (el) m. antagonismos, συναγωνισμός (el) m. synagonismos for athletics Hebrew: תחרות (takharut) f.

Hungarian: verseny (hu), versengés (hu) Italian: competizione (it) f., concorrenza (it) f. Japanese: 競争 (きょうそう, kyōsō) Korean: 경쟁 (ko) Kurdish: pêşbazî (ku), pêşbirk (ku), berêkane (ku), misabiqe (ku), hevrikî (ku), hawirkan (ku), riberiz (ku), sîbaq (ku), reqabet (ku) Malayalam: മത്സരം (malsaram) Polish: rywalizacja (pl) f. Portuguese: competição (pt) f. Romanian: competiție (ro), concurență (ro) f., concurs (ro) n. Russian: соревнование (ru) (sorevnovánije) n., состязание (ru) (sostjazánije) n., конкуренция (ru) (konkuréntsija) f., конкурс (ru) (kónkurs) m. Swedish: konkurrens (sv) c. Telugu: పోటీచేయు (te) (poticeyu) West Frisian: kompetysje (fy) c.

contest for a prize or award

Arabic: منافسة, f. Armenian: մրցույթ (mrc'uyt') Bulgarian: състезание (bg) n., съревнование (bg) n. Catalan: competició, f. Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 比賽, simpl. 比赛 (bǐsài) Czech: soutěž (cs) f. Danish: konkurrence (da) c. Dutch: competitie (nl) f., toernooi (nl) n. Esperanto: konkurso (eo) Estonian: võistlus Ewe: ɖikeke Finnish: kilpailu (fi), kisa (fi) French: concours (fr) m., compétition (fr) f. German: Wettbewerb (de) m.

Greek: διαγωνισμός (el) m. diagonismos Italian: concorso (it) m., competizione (it) f., gara (it) f. Japanese: 大会 (たいかい, taikai), コンペ (konpe) Korean: 경기 (ko), 경쟁 시험 (ko), 경진 대회 (ko) Kurdish: pêşbazî (ku), pêşbirk (ku), berêkane (ku), misabiqe (ku), hevrikî (ku), hawirkan (ku), riberiz (ku), sîbaq (ku), reqabet (ku) Malayalam: മത്സരം (malsaram) Polish: konkurs (pl) m., zawody (pl) Portuguese: concurso (pt) m., competição (pt) f. Romanian: concurs (ro) n., competiție (ro) f. Russian: конкурс (ru) (kónkurs) m. Slovak: súťaž f. Swedish: tävling (sv) c. Telugu: పందెము (te) (pamdemu), పోటీ (te) (poti) West Frisian: kompetysje (fy) c.

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Indonesian: kompetisi, pertandingan Interlingua: competition Korean: 경기 (gyeong-gi, 競技); 경쟁 (gyeongjaeng, 競爭) Spanish: competición f. Telugu: పోటీ(poti) (pl పోటీలు) Volapük: mät, mäted Welsh: cystadleuaeth f. Portuguese: competição