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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin competitio, from competere, from Latin petō.
Pronunciation[edit]
competition (countable and uncountable; plural competitions)
- (uncountable) The action of competing.
- The competition for this job is strong.
- (countable) A contest for a prize or award.
- The newspaper is featuring a competition to win a car.
- (uncountable, collectively) The competitors in such a contest.
- The new stain remover was ten times more effective than the competition.
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action of competing
- Arabic: منافسة (ar) (munāfasa) f
- Armenian: մրցակցություն (hy) (mrc'akc'ut'yun)
- Bulgarian: съперничество (bg) (sǎpérničestvo) n, конкуренция (bg) (konkuréncija) f
- Catalan: competència, f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 比賽 (cmn), 比赛 (cmn) (bǐsài), 競爭 (cmn), 竞争 (cmn) (jìngzhēng)
- Czech: soupeření (cs), konkurování (cs), konkurence (cs)
- Danish: konkurrence (da) c
- Dutch: concurrentie (nl) f
- Estonian: võistlus (et)
- Ewe: ɖikeke
- Finnish: kilpailu (fi)
- French: compétition (fr) f, concurrence (fr) f
- German: Konkurrenz (de) f
- Greek: ανταγωνισμός (el) (antagonismós) m, (athletics) συναγωνισμός (el) (synagonismós) m
- Hebrew: תחרות (he) (takharút) f
- Hindi: (rivalry) प्रतिस्पर्धा (hi) (pratispardhā) f
- Hungarian: verseny (hu), versengés (hu)
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- Irish: iomaidh (ga) f
- Italian: competizione (it) f, concorrenza (it) f
- Japanese: 競争 (ja) (きょうそう, kyōsō), コンペ (ja) (konpe)
- Korean: 경쟁 (ko) (gyeongjaeng) (競爭 (ko))
- Kurdish: pêşbazî (ku), pêşbirk (ku), berêkane (ku), misabiqe (ku), hevrikî (ku), hawirkan (ku), riberiz (ku), sîbaq (ku), reqabet (ku)
- Macedonian: натпревар (mk) (nátprevar) m, конкуренција (mk) (konkuréncija) f
- Malayalam: മത്സരം (ml) (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) (konkuréncija) f (eg. business), соперничество (ru) (sopérničestvo) n (rivalry)
- Spanish: competición (es) f
- Swedish: konkurrens (sv) c
- Telugu: పోటీచేయు (te) (poticeyu)
- Vietnamese: sự cạnh tranh (vi)
- West Frisian: kompetysje (fy) c
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contest for a prize or award
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- Italian: concorso (it) m, competizione (it) f, gara (it) f
- Japanese: 大会 (ja) (たいかい, taikai), コンペ (ja) (konpe), コンクール (ja) (konkūru), コンテスト (ja) (kontesuto)
- Korean: 경기 (ko) (gyeong-gi), 경쟁 시험 (ko) (gyeongjaeng siheom), 경진 대회 (ko) (gyeongjin daehoe)
- Kurdish: pêşbazî (ku), pêşbirk (ku), berêkane (ku), misabiqe (ku), hevrikî (ku), hawirkan (ku), riberiz (ku), sîbaq (ku), reqabet (ku)
- Macedonian: наптревар (mk) (nátprevar) m
- Malayalam: മത്സരം (ml) (malsaram)
- Polish: konkurs (pl) m, zawody (pl)
- Portuguese: concurso (pt) m, competição (pt) f
- Romanian: concurs (ro) n, competiție (ro) f
- Russian: соревнование (ru) (sorevnovánije) n, состязание (ru) (sostjazánije) n, конкурс (ru) (kónkurs) m
- Slovak: súťaž (sk) f
- Spanish: competencia (es) f
- Swedish: tävling (sv) c
- Telugu: పందెము (te) (pamdemu), పోటీ (te) (poti)
- Vietnamese: cuộc thi (vi)
- West Frisian: kompetysje (fy) c
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