competition

A2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˌkɑm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/ UK /ˌkɒm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/ See IPA manual

Freq #1935

Meanings

1

noun
An organized event where people try to win by being the best.

The newspaper is running a competition to win a car.
2

noun
A situation in which people or companies try to be more successful than one another.

There is strong competition for this job.
3

noun
The people or companies you are competing against; your rivals.

The new stain remover was far better than the competition.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an organized event where... contest

2 noun · a situation in which people... contention rivalry

3 noun · the people or companies you... competitor rival challenger

Opposites

cooperation

Word family

Forms competitions

Derived forms anticompetitionco-opetitioncompetitionalcompetitionercompetitionlesscompetitionlikecoopetitionhypercompetitionimmunocompetitionintercompetitionmompetitionnoncompetition

Related forms compete competent competitive

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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price competition
competition in which sellers lower prices to attract customers

Noun + noun

Proverbs (1)

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Competition is the life of trade

Etymology

Borrowed from French compétition, from Late Latin competītiō, competītiōnem, from Latin competō, from con- + petō. By surface analysis, compete + -ition.

compétition French competitio la-lat competō Latin

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Topics

People & Society Economics & Markets

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# competition

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌkɑm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌkɒm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/
**Frequency rank:** 1935

## Meanings
1. An organized event where people try to win by being the best.
2. A situation in which people or companies try to be more successful than one another.
3. The people or companies you are competing against; your rivals.

## Examples
- The newspaper is running a competition to win a car.
- There is strong competition for this job.
- The new stain remover was far better than the competition.

## Antonyms
- cooperation

## Derived Forms
- anticompetition
- co-opetition
- competitional
- competitioner
- competitionless
- competitionlike
- coopetition
- hypercompetition
- immunocompetition
- intercompetition
- mompetition
- noncompetition

## Related Forms
- compete
- competent
- competitive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: compétition
- Root: competitio
- Root: competō

## Etymology
Borrowed from French compétition, from Late Latin competītiō, competītiōnem, from Latin competō, from con- + petō. By surface analysis, compete + -ition.

## AI Etymology
competition is a noun. It was borrowed from French compétition, from Late Latin competītiō, competītiōnem, from Latin competō, from con- + petō. By surface analysis, compete + -ition. Historical forms in the chain include compétition (French), competitio (Late Latin), and competō (Latin). Current senses include an organized event where people try to win by being the best, a situation in which people or companies try to be more successful than one another, and the people or companies you are competing against; your rivals. Derived forms include anticompetition, co-opetition, competitional, competitioner, and competitionless. Related words include compete, competent, and competitive.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Economics & Markets

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