competition

See also: compétition

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒmpəˈtɪʃən/
• (General American) 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.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     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.

   • 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 Perspective on Continuity and Change‎^[1], page 319:

     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.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “action of competing”): cooperation

Derived terms

• competitional
• competition-based learning
• competition caution
• competitioner
• competition wallah
• contest competition
• economic competition
• in competition
• interspecific competition
• intraspecific competition
• monopolistic competition
• non-price competition
• perfect competition
• scramble competition
• unfair competition
• wet t-shirt competition

 

Related terms

• competitive
• compete
• competent

Translations

action of competing

• Albanian: konkurrencë (sq) f, garë (sq) f
• Arabic: مُنَافَسَة f (munāfasa), مُبَارَاة f (mubārāh)

  Hijazi Arabic: مُباراة f (mubārā)

• Armenian: մրցակցություն (hy) (mrcʻakcʻutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: rəqabət (az), yarışma
• Belarusian: канкурэ́нцыя f (kankuréncyja)
• Bulgarian: съпе́рничество (bg) n (sǎpérničestvo), конкуре́нция (bg) f (konkuréncija)
• Catalan: competició (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 比賽／比赛 (bei² coi³), 競爭／竞争 (ging⁶ zang¹)

  Dungan: бисэ (bise)

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

• Czech: soupeření n, konkurování n, konkurence (cs) f
• 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), კონკურენცია (ḳonḳurencia)
• German: Konkurrenz (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃𐍄𐍃 f (haifsts)
• 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 (hu)
• Indonesian: persaingan (id), kompetisi (id)
• Irish: iomaidh f, coimhlint f
• Italian: competizione (it) f, concorrenza (it) f
• Japanese: 競争 (ja) (きょうそう, kyōsō), コンペ (konpe), コンペティション (konpetishon)
• Kazakh: жарыс (jarys), бәсеке (bäseke), бәсекелестік (bäsekelestık)
• Korean: 경쟁(競爭) (ko) (gyeongjaeng), 컴페티션 (keompetisyeon)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: pêşbazî (ku), pêşbirk (ku), berêkane (ku), misabiqe (ku), hevrikî (ku), hawirkan (ku), riberiz (ku), sîbaq (ku), reqabet (ku)

• Kyrgyz: конкуренция (konkurentsiya)
• 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:

  Cyrillic: өрсөлдөөн (mn) (örsöldöön)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: konkurranse (no) m

• Pashto: سيالي (ps) f (syālí), رقابت (ps) m (reqābát)
• Persian:

  Dari: رَقَابَت (fa) (raqābat), مُنَافَسَه (fa) (munāfasa)

  Iranian Persian: رِقابَت (fa) (reğâbat), مُنافَسِه (fa) (monâfase)

• Polish: rywalizacja (pl) f, konkurencja (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: competición (es) f
• Swedish: konkurrens (sv) c
• Tagalog: tagisan, pakikitagis
• Tajik: рақобат (raqobat)
• Tatar: ярыш (tt) (yarış)
• Telugu: పోటీ (te) (pōṭī)
• Turkish: rekabet (tr)
• Ukrainian: конкуре́нція (uk) f (konkuréncija), змага́ння (uk) n (zmahánnja)
• Urdu: ٹَکَّر m (ṭakkar) (rivalry, clash)
• Uyghur: رىقابەت (riqabet)
• Uzbek: raqobat (uz), konkurensiya (uz)
• Vietnamese: sự cạnh tranh (vi)
• Welsh: cystadleuaeth (cy) f
• 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), مُبَارَاة f (mubārāh)

  Hijazi Arabic: مُسابقة f (musābaga)

• Armenian: մրցույթ (hy) (mrcʻuytʻ)
• Azerbaijani: müsabiqə (az), yarış
• Bashkir: ярыш (yarış)
• Belarusian: спабо́рніцтва n (spabórnictva), ко́нкурс m (kónkurs)
• Bulgarian: състеза́ние (bg) n (sǎstezánie), съревнова́ние (bg) n (sǎrevnovánie), надпрева́ра (bg) f (nadprevára)
• Burmese: ပြိုင်ပွဲ (my) (pruingpwai:)
• Catalan: competició (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 比賽／比赛 (bei² coi³)

  Dungan: бисэ (bise)

  Hokkien: 比賽／比赛 (zh-min-nan) (pí-sài)

  Mandarin: 比賽／比赛 (zh) (bǐsài)

  Wu: 比賽／比赛 (⁵pi-se)

• Czech: soutěž (cs) f
• Danish: konkurrence (da) c
• Dutch: competitie (nl) f, toernooi (nl) n, wedstrijd (nl) m, wedloop (nl) m
• Esperanto: konkurso
• Estonian: võistlus, võitlus (et)
• 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), मुक़ाबला m (muqāblā)
• Hungarian: verseny (hu), vetélkedő (hu), megmérettetés (hu)
• Indonesian: pertandingan (id), kompetisi (id), sayembara (id), perlombaan (id)
• Irish: iomaidh f, comórtas m
• 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 (ja) (konkūru), コンテスト (ja) (kontesuto)
• Kazakh: жарыс (jarys), конкурс (konkurs), байқау (baiqau)
• Khmer: ប្រកួត (km) (prɑkuət), ជំនែង (km) (cumnɛɛng)
• Korean: 경기(競技) (ko) (gyeonggi), 경쟁시험(競爭試驗) (gyeongjaengsiheom), 경진 대회(競進大會) (gyeongjin daehoe), 콩쿠르 (ko) (kongkureu), 콘테스트 (konteseuteu), 시합(試合) (ko) (sihap)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: pêşbazî (ku), pêşbirk (ku), berêkane (ku), misabiqe (ku), hevrikî (ku), hawirkan (ku), riberiz (ku), sîbaq (ku), reqabet (ku)

• Kyrgyz: мелдеш (ky) (meldeş), жарыш (ky) (jarış)
• Latin: certāmen n
• Latvian: konkurss m, sacensības f pl
• Lithuanian: konkursas m, rungtynės f pl, varžybos f pl
• Macedonian: натпревар m (natprevar)
• Malay: pertandingan (ms), sayembara (ms)
• Malayalam: മത്സരം (ml) (matsaraṁ)
• Maori: tauwhāinga
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: уралдаан (mn) (uraldaan), тэмцээн (mn) (temceen)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: konkurranse (no), tevling (no) m

• Pashto: کانکور (ps) m (kānkór), مسابقه f (mosābeqá)
• Persian:

  Dari: مُسَابَقَه (fa) (musābaqa)

  Iranian Persian: مُسابِقِه (fa) (mosâbeğe)

• Polish: konkurs (pl) m, zawody (pl) m 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)
• Scottish Gaelic: co-fharpais f
• 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)
• Tatar: ярыш (tt) (yarış)
• 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), yarış (tr)
• Turkmen: ýaryş, konkurs
• Ukrainian: змага́ння (uk) n (zmahánnja), ко́нкурс m (kónkurs)
• Urdu: مُقابْلَہ m (muqābla), مُسابَقَہ m (musābaqa)
• Uyghur: مۇسابىقە (musabiqe)
• Uzbek: musobaqa (uz), konkurs (uz), poyga (uz)
• Vietnamese: cuộc thi (vi)
• Welsh: cystadleuaeth (cy) f, ymryson (cy) m
• West Frisian: kompetysje c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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