Meanings
nouncompetition (countable and uncountable, plural competitions)
plural competitions
- uncountableThe action of competing.
The competition for this job is strong.
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Several firms are in competition for the contract.
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.
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., →OCLCSynonyms: contention
- collectiveuncountableThe competitors in such a contest.
The new stain remover was ten times more effective than the competition.
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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 Perspective on Continuity and Change, page 319
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe action of competing.
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More synonyms by meaning
nounan occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
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nounthe act of competing as for profit or a prize
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincompetō
- Late Latincompetītiō, competītiōnem
- Frenchcompétition
- Englishcompetition
Borrowed from French compétition, from Late Latin competītiō, competītiōnem, from Latin competō, from con- + petō. By surface analysis, compete + -ition.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans kompetisie
- kompetisiecontest for a prize or award
Ancient Greek ἀγών, ἅμιλλα
- ἀγών (agṓn)contest for a prize or award
- ἅμιλλα (hámilla)contest for a prize or award
Arabic مُنَافَسَة, مُبَارَاة
- مُنَافَسَة (munāfasa)action of competing
- مُبَارَاة (mubārāh)action of competing
- مُنَافَسَة (munāfasa)contest for a prize or award
- مُسَابَقَة (musābaqa)contest for a prize or award
- مُبَارَاة (mubārāh)contest for a prize or award
Bulgarian съпе́рничество, конкуре́нция
- съпе́рничество (săpérničestvo)action of competing
- конкуре́нция (konkuréncija)action of competing
- съревнова́ване (sărevnovávane)action of competing
- надпрева́рване (nadprevárvane)action of competing
- състеза́ние (săstezánie)contest for a prize or award
- съревнова́ние (sărevnovánie)contest for a prize or award
- надпрева́ра (nadprevára)contest for a prize or award
Catalan competició, competició
- competicióaction of competing
- competiciócontest for a prize or award
Chinese Cantonese 比賽 /比赛, 競爭 /竞争
- 比賽 /比赛 (bei² coi³)action of competing
- 競爭 /竞争 (ging⁶ zang¹)action of competing
- 比賽 /比赛 (bei² coi³)contest for a prize or award
Chinese Mandarin 比賽 /比赛, 競爭 /竞争
- 比賽 /比赛 (bǐsài)action of competing
- 競爭 /竞争 (jìngzhēng)action of competing
- 比賽 /比赛 (bǐsài)contest for a prize or award
Czech soupeření, konkurování
- soupeřeníaction of competing
- konkurováníaction of competing
- konkurenceaction of competing
- soutěžcontest for a prize or award
Danish konkurrence, konkurrence
- konkurrenceaction of competing
- konkurrencecontest for a prize or award
Dutch concurrentie, competitie
- concurrentieaction of competing
- competitiecontest for a prize or award
- toernooicontest for a prize or award
- wedstrijdcontest for a prize or award
- wedloopcontest for a prize or award
Esperanto konkuro, konkurso
- konkuroaction of competing
- konkursocontest for a prize or award
Estonian võistlus, konkurents
- võistlusaction of competing
- konkurentsaction of competing
- võistlemineaction of competing
- võistluscontest for a prize or award
- konkursscontest for a prize or award
Finnish kilpailu, kilpailu
- kilpailuaction of competing
- kilpailucontest for a prize or award
- kisacontest for a prize or award
French compétition, concurrence
- compétitionaction of competing
- concurrenceaction of competing
- concourscontest for a prize or award
- compétitioncontest for a prize or award
German Konkurrenz, Wettbewerb
- Konkurrenzaction of competing
- Wettbewerbcontest for a prize or award
Greek ανταγωνισμός, συναγωνισμός
- ανταγωνισμός (antagonismós)action of competing
- συναγωνισμός (synagonismós)action of competing
- διαγωνισμός (diagonismós)contest for a prize or award
Hebrew תַּחֲרוּת
- תַּחֲרוּת (takharút)action of competing
Hindi प्रतिस्पर्धा, प्रतियोगिता
- प्रतिस्पर्धा (pratispardhā)action of competing
- प्रतियोगिता (pratiyogitā)action of competing
- प्रतियोगिता (pratiyogitā)contest for a prize or award
- मुक़ाबला (muqāblā)contest for a prize or award
- स्पर्धा (spardhā)contest for a prize or award
- प्रतिस्पर्धा (pratispardhā)contest for a prize or award
Hungarian verseny, versengés
- versenyaction of competing
- versengésaction of competing
- konkurenciaaction of competing
- rivalizálásaction of competing
- versenycontest for a prize or award
- vetélkedőcontest for a prize or award
- megmérettetéscontest for a prize or award
Indonesian persaingan, kompetisi
- persainganaction of competing
- kompetisiaction of competing
- pertandingancontest for a prize or award
- kompetisicontest for a prize or award
- sayembaracontest for a prize or award
- perlombaancontest for a prize or award
Irish iomaidh, coimhlint
- iomaidhaction of competing
- coimhlintaction of competing
- iomaidhcontest for a prize or award
- comórtascontest for a prize or award
Italian competizione, concorrenza
- competizioneaction of competing
- concorrenzaaction of competing
- concorsocontest for a prize or award
- competizionecontest for a prize or award
- garacontest for a prize or award
Japanese 競争, コンペ
- 競争 (kyōsō)action of competing
- コンペ (konpe)action of competing
- コンペティション (konpetishon)action of competing
- 大会 (taikai)contest for a prize or award
- コンペ (konpe)contest for a prize or award
- コンクール (konkūru)contest for a prize or award
- コンテスト (kontesuto)contest for a prize or award
Korean 경쟁, 컴페티션
- 경쟁 (gyeongjaeng)action of competing
- 컴페티션 (keompetisyeon)action of competing
- 경기 (gyeonggi)contest for a prize or award
- 경쟁시험 (gyeongjaengsiheom)contest for a prize or award
- 경진 대회 (gyeongjin daehoe)contest for a prize or award
- 콩쿠르 (kongkureu)contest for a prize or award
- 콘테스트 (konteseuteu)contest for a prize or award
- 시합 (sihap)contest for a prize or award
Latin certāmen, certāmen
- certāmenaction of competing
- certāmencontest for a prize or award
Latvian konkurence, konkurss
- konkurenceaction of competing
- konkursscontest for a prize or award
- sacensībascontest for a prize or award
Lithuanian konkurencija, konkursas
- konkurencijaaction of competing
- konkursascontest for a prize or award
- rungtynėscontest for a prize or award
- varžyboscontest for a prize or award
Malay persaingan, pertandingan
- persainganaction of competing
- pertandingancontest for a prize or award
- sayembaracontest for a prize or award
Māori tātāwhāinga, tauwhāinga
- tātāwhāingaaction of competing
- tauwhāingacontest for a prize or award
Norwegian Bokmål konkurranse, konkurranse
- konkurranseaction of competing
- konkurransecontest for a prize or award
- tevlingcontest for a prize or award
Polish rywalizacja, konkurencja
- rywalizacjaaction of competing
- konkurencjaaction of competing
- konkurscontest for a prize or award
- zawodycontest for a prize or award
Portuguese competição, concurso
- competiçãoaction of competing
- concursocontest for a prize or award
- competiçãocontest for a prize or award
Romanian competiție, concurență
- competițieaction of competing
- concurențăaction of competing
- concursaction of competing
- concurscontest for a prize or award
- competițiecontest for a prize or award
Russian соревнова́ние, состяза́ние
- соревнова́ние (sorevnovánije)action of competing
- состяза́ние (sostjazánije)action of competing
- конкуре́нция (konkuréncija)action of competing
- сопе́рничество (sopérničestvo)action of competing
- соревнова́ние (sorevnovánije)contest for a prize or award
- состяза́ние (sostjazánije)contest for a prize or award
- ко́нкурс (kónkurs)contest for a prize or award
Scottish Gaelic co-fharpais
- co-fharpaiscontest for a prize or award
Slovak konkurencia, súťaž
- konkurenciaaction of competing
- súťažcontest for a prize or award
Spanish competición, competición
- competiciónaction of competing
- competicióncontest for a prize or award
Swedish konkurrens, tävling
- konkurrensaction of competing
- tävlingcontest for a prize or award
Tagalog tagisan, pakikitagis
- tagisanaction of competing
- pakikitagisaction of competing
Tamil போட்டி, போட்டி
- போட்டி (pōṭṭi)action of competing
- போட்டி (pōṭṭi)contest for a prize or award
- பந்தயம் (pantayam)contest for a prize or award
Thai การแข่ง, การแข่งขัน
- การแข่ง (gaan-kɛ̀ng)contest for a prize or award
- การแข่งขัน (gaan-kɛ̀ng-kǎn)contest for a prize or award
Turkish rekabet, rakiplik
- rekabetaction of competing
- rakiplikaction of competing
- müsabakacontest for a prize or award
- yarışcontest for a prize or award
Ukrainian конкуре́нція, змага́ння
- конкуре́нція (konkuréncija)action of competing
- змага́ння (zmahánnja)action of competing
- змага́ння (zmahánnja)contest for a prize or award
- ко́нкурс (kónkurs)contest for a prize or award
Urdu ٹَکَّر, مُقابْلَہ
- ٹَکَّر (ṭakkar)action of competing
- مُقابْلَہ (muqābla)contest for a prize or award
- مُسابَقَہ (musābaqa)contest for a prize or award
Vietnamese sự cạnh tranh, cuộc thi
- sự cạnh tranhaction of competing
- cuộc thicontest for a prize or award
Welsh cystadleuaeth, cystadleuaeth
- cystadleuaethaction of competing
- cystadleuaethcontest for a prize or award
- ymrysoncontest for a prize or award
Cite this entry
APA
competition. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/competition
MLA
“competition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/competition. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “competition,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/competition.
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