competition
UK/ˌkɒm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən//ˌkɑm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/
competition noun: the action of competing.
Noun
competition (countable and uncountable, plural competitions)
- The action of competing.
- The competition for this job is strong.
- Several firms are in competition for the contract.
- Synonyms:
- contention
- A contest for a prize or award.
- The newspaper is featuring a competition to win a car.
- The competitors in such a contest.
- The new stain remover was ten times more effective than the competition.
- Japanese retail stores have strove to, and have succeeded in, fulfilling these severe demands, and in doing so, have constantly had to innovate both technologically and institutionally in order to keep up with the competition.2013 February 6, Hideo Otake, “Revising the Interpretation of the Japanese Economy”, in Michio Muramatsu, Frieder Naschold, editors, State and Administration in Japan and Germany: A Comparative...
competition meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
competition in Hindi
- action of competing
- प्रतिस्पर्धा pratispardhā, प्रतियोगिता pratiyogitā
- contest for a prize or award
- प्रतियोगिता pratiyogitā, मुक़ाबला muqāblā, स्पर्धा spardhā, प्रतिस्पर्धा pratispardhā
competition in Tamil
- action of competing
- போட்டி pōṭṭi
- contest for a prize or award
- போட்டி pōṭṭi, பந்தயம் pantayam
competition in Marathi
- action of competing
- स्पर्धा spardhā
competition in Urdu
- action of competing
- ٹَکَّر ṭakkar
- contest for a prize or award
- مُقابْلَہ muqābla, مُسابَقَہ musābaqa
More languagesFewer languages
- competition in Bengali
- প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতা, আসর, পাল্লা, দ্বন্দ্ব
- competition in Telugu
- పోటీ pōṭī, పందెము pandemu
- competition in Malayalam
- മത്സരം matsaraṁ
- competition in Kannada
- ಸ್ಪರ್ಧೆ spardhe, ಮೇಳ mēḷa
- competition in Gujarati
- મુકાબલો mukāblo
- competition in Odia
- ପ୍ରତିଯୋଗିତା, ପ୍ରତିଦ୍ୱନ୍ଦ୍ୱିତା
- competition in Sanskrit
- स्पर्धा spardhā
- competition in Nepali
- प्रतिस्पर्धा, प्रतियोगिता
- competition in Pashto
- سيالي syālí, رقابت reqābát, کانکور kānkór, مسابقه mosābeqá
- competition in Tagalog
- tagisan, pakikitagis
- competition in Arabic
- مُنَافَسَة munāfasa, مُبَارَاة mubārāh, مُسَابَقَة musābaqa
- competition in Malay
- persaingan, pertandingan, sayembara
- competition in Indonesian
- persaingan, kompetisi, pertandingan, sayembara
- competition in Thai
- การแข่ง gaan-kɛ̀ng, การแข่งขัน gaan-kɛ̀ng-kǎn
- competition in Vietnamese
- sự cạnh tranh, cuộc thi
- competition in Myanmar
- ပြိုင်ပွဲ pruingpwai:
Examples of competition in a sentence
- If he trains hard, his chances of winning the competition are bright.
- By the end of the competition, Lisa's plant had outgrown its competitors, winning the competition.
- The company has no competition, so it tends to gouge its customers.
Synonyms of competition
Antonyms
Forms of competition
| plural | competitions |
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Origin of competition
Borrowed from French compétition, from Late Latin competītiō, competītiōnem, from Latin competō, from con- + petō. By surface analysis, compete + -ition.
Words formed from competition
- anticompetition
- competitional
- competition-based learning
- competition caution
- competitioner
- competitionless
- competitionlike
- competition wallah
- contest competition
- co-opetition
- coopetition
- economic competition
- hypercompetition
- immunocompetition
- in competition
- intercompetition
- interspecific competition
- intraspecific competition
- mompetition
- monopolistic competition
- noncompetition
- non-price competition
- outcompetition
- overcompetition
- perfect competition
- precompetition
- procompetition
- scramble competition
- self-competition
- subcompetition
- unfair competition
- wet t-shirt competition
Phrases with competition
Questions about competition
- What does competition mean?
- Competition means the action of competing.
- What is competition in Hindi?
- Competition in Hindi is प्रतिस्पर्धा (pratispardhā), प्रतियोगिता (pratiyogitā), मुक़ाबला (muqāblā). See Competition meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is competition?
- Competition is a noun.
- How do you pronounce competition?
- Competition is pronounced /ˌkɒm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of competition?
- The plural of competition is competitions.
Words near competition in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: competition (page history and authors); competition (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಮೇಳ (Kannada) (page history and authors); મુકાબલો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); competition (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); स्पर्धा (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); competition (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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