competition

See also: compétition

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French compétition, from Late Latin competītiō, competītiōnem, from Latin competō, from con- + petō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɒmpəˈtɪʃən/
• IPA^(key): /ˌkɑːmpəˈtɪʃən/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

competition (countable and uncountable, plural competitions)

1. (uncountable) The action of competing.

   The competition for this job is strong.

   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 8, in The Celebrity:

     The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; […] . Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition.

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
• compete
• competent

Translations

action of competing

• Albanian: konkurrencë (sq) f
• Arabic: مُنَافَسَة f (munāfasa)
• Armenian: մրցակցություն (hy) (mrcʻakcʻutʻyun)
• Belarusian: канкурэ́нцыя f (kankuréncyja)
• Bulgarian: съпе́рничество (bg) n (sǎpérničestvo), конкуре́нция (bg) f (konkuréncija)
• Catalan: competència (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Dungan: бисэ (bise)

  Mandarin: 比賽／比赛 (zh) (bǐsài), 比赛 (zh) (bǐsài), 競爭／竞争 (zh) (jìngzhēng), 竞争 (zh) (jìngzhēng)

• Czech: soupeření, konkurování, konkurence (cs)
• Danish: konkurrence (da) c
• Dutch: concurrentie (nl) f
• Estonian: võistlus
• Ewe: ɖikeke
• Finnish: kilpailu (fi)
• French: compétition (fr) f, concurrence (fr) f
• Georgian: შეჯიბრება (šeǯibreba)
• German: Konkurrenz (de) f
• Greek: ανταγωνισμός (el) m (antagonismós), (athletics) συναγωνισμός (el) m (synagonismós)
• Hebrew: תַּחֲרוּת (he) f (takharút)
• Hindi: (rivalry) प्रतिस्पर्धा (hi) f (pratispardhā)
• Hungarian: verseny (hu), versengés (hu), konkurencia (hu), rivalizálás
• Indonesian: persaingan (id), kompetisi (id)
• Irish: iomaidh f
• Italian: competizione (it) f, concorrenza (it) f
• Japanese: 競争 (ja) (きょうそう, kyōsō), コンペ (konpe)
• Kazakh: жарыс (kk) (jarys)
• Korean: 경쟁 (ko) (gyeongjaeng) (競爭 (ko))
• Kurdish: , , , , , , , ,
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• Latin: certāmen n
• Latvian: konkurence f
• Lithuanian: konkurencija f
• Macedonian: натпревар m (natprevar), конкуренција f (konkurencija)
• Malay: persaingan
• Malayalam: മത്സരം (ml) (matsaraṁ)
• Maori: tātāwhāinga
• Marathi: स्पर्धा f (spardhā)
• Mongolian: өрсөлдөөн (mn) (örsöldöön)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: konkurranse (no) m

• Polish: rywalizacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: competição (pt) f
• Romanian: competiție (ro), concurență (ro) f, concurs (ro) n
• Russian: соревнова́ние (ru) n (sorevnovánije), состяза́ние (ru) n (sostjazánije), конкуре́нция (ru) f (konkuréncija) (eg. business), сопе́рничество (ru) n (sopérničestvo) (rivalry)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: конкурѐнција f

  Roman: konkurèncija (sh) f

• Slovak: konkurencia f
• Slovene: tekmovanje (sl) n, konkurenca f
• Spanish: competencia (es) f
• Swedish: konkurrens (sv) c
• Tagalog: tagisan, pakikitagis
• Telugu: పోటీ (te) (pōṭī)
• Turkish: rekabet (tr)
• Ukrainian: конкуре́нція f (konkuréncija), змага́ння n (zmahánnja)
• Vietnamese: sự cạnh tranh (vi)
• West Frisian: kompetysje c

contest for a prize or award

• Afrikaans: kompetisie
• Albanian: garë (sq) f, konkurs (sq) m
• Arabic: مُنَافَسَة f (munāfasa), مُسَابَقَة f (musābaqa)
• Armenian: մրցույթ (hy) (mrcʻuytʻ)
• Azerbaijani: müsabiqə (az)
• Belarusian: спабо́рніцтва n (spabórnictva), ко́нкурс m (kónkurs)
• Bulgarian: състеза́ние (bg) n (sǎstezánie), съревнова́ние (bg) n (sǎrevnovánie), надпревара (bg) f (nadprevara)
• Burmese: ပြိုင်ပွဲ (my) (pruingpwai:)
• Catalan: competició (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Dungan: бисэ (bise)

  Mandarin: 比賽／比赛 (zh) (bǐsài), 比赛 (zh) (bǐsài)

• Czech: soutěž (cs) f
• Danish: konkurrence (da) c
• Dutch: competitie (nl) f, toernooi (nl) n
• Esperanto: konkurso
• Estonian: võistlus
• Ewe: ɖikeke
• Finnish: kilpailu (fi), kisa (fi)
• French: concours (fr) m, compétition (fr) f
• Georgian: შეჯიბრი (šeǯibri)
• German: Wettbewerb (de) m
• Greek: διαγωνισμός (el) m (diagonismós)

  Ancient Greek: ἀγών m (agṓn), ἅμιλλα f (hámilla)

• Hindi: प्रतियोगिता (hi) f (pratiyogitā)
• Hungarian: verseny (hu), vetélkedő, megmérettetés
• Indonesian: pertandingan (id), kompetisi (id)
• Irish: iomaidh f
• Italian: concorso (it) m, competizione (it) f, gara (it) f
• Japanese: 大会 (ja) (たいかい, taikai), コンペ (konpe), コンクール (konkūru), コンテスト (kontesuto)
• Kazakh: жарыс (kk) (jarys)
• Khmer: ប្រកួត (km) (prɑkuət), ជំនែង (km) (cumnɛɛng)
• Korean: 경기 (ko) (gyeonggi), 경쟁 시험 (gyeongjaeng siheom), 경진 대회 (gyeongjin daehoe)
• Kurdish: , , , , , , , ,
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• Kyrgyz: мелдеш (ky) (meldeş)
• Latin: certāmen n
• Latvian: konkurss m
• Lithuanian: konkursas m
• Macedonian: наптревар m (naptrevar)
• Malay: pertandingan
• Malayalam: മത്സരം (ml) (matsaraṁ)
• Maori: tauwhāinga
• Mongolian: уралдаан (mn) (uraldaan), тэмцээн (mn) (temceen)
• Norwegian: konkurranse (no), tevling (no) m
• Persian: مسابقه (fa) (mosâbeqe)
• Polish: konkurs (pl) m, zawody (pl)
• Portuguese: concurso (pt) m, competição (pt) f
• Romanian: concurs (ro) n, competiție (ro) f
• Russian: соревнова́ние (ru) n (sorevnovánije), состяза́ние (ru) n (sostjazánije), ко́нкурс (ru) m (kónkurs)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: те̏кма f, у̀такмица f

  Roman: tȅkma (sh) f, ùtakmica (sh) f

• Shan: ပၢင်ၶေႉၶဵင်ႇ (pǎang khḛ̂e khàeng)
• Slovak: súťaž f
• Slovene: tekma (sl) f
• Spanish: competición (es) f
• Swedish: tävling (sv) c
• Tajik: мусобиқа (musobiqa)
• Telugu: పందెము (te) (pandemu), పోటీ (te) (pōṭī)
• Thai: การแข่ง (th) (gaan-kɛ̀ng), การแข่งขัน (th) (gaan-kɛ̀ng-kǎn)
• Tibetan: འགྲན་བསྡུར ('gran bsdur)
• Turkish: müsabaka (tr)
• Turkmen: ýaryş, konkurs
• Ukrainian: змага́ння n (zmahánnja), ко́нкурс m (kónkurs)
• Uyghur: مۇسابىقە (musabiqe)
• Uzbek: musobaqa (uz), konkurs (uz)
• Vietnamese: cuộc thi (vi)
• West Frisian: kompetysje c

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• (deprecated template usage) Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} competition
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• Volapük: ^{(please verify)} mät (vo), ^{(please verify)} mäted (vo)
• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} cystadleuaeth (cy) f