Fair competition is necessary for the healthy growth of industry.
Source: tatoeba (18874)
Competition
//ˌkɒmpəˈtɪʃən//
Synonyms for "competition" (70 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (35)
Related word relations
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More general
4 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriescauses desire
4 entriesderived
30 entriesShowing 16 of 30 words.
has property
1 entriesis a
6 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
270 translations across 84 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- kompetisie noun (contest for a prize or award)
Albanian
4 entries- garë noun (action of competing)
- garë noun (contest for a prize or award)
- konkurrencë noun (action of competing)
- konkurs noun (contest for a prize or award)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀγών noun (contest for a prize or award)
- ἅμιλλα noun (contest for a prize or award)
Arabic
4 entries- مُباراة noun (action of competing)
- مُبَارَاة noun (action of competing)
- مُبَارَاة noun (contest for a prize or award)
- مُسابقة noun (contest for a prize or award)
Armenian
2 entries- մրցակցություն noun (action of competing)
- մրցույթ noun (contest for a prize or award)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- müsabiqə noun (contest for a prize or award)
- rəqabət noun (action of competing)
- yarış noun (contest for a prize or award)
- yarışma noun (action of competing)
Bashkir
1 entries- ярыш noun (contest for a prize or award)
Belarusian
3 entries- канкурэ́нцыя noun (action of competing)
- ко́нкурс noun (contest for a prize or award)
- спабо́рніцтва noun (contest for a prize or award)
Bulgarian
4 entries- конкуре́нция noun (action of competing)
- надпрева́ра noun (contest for a prize or award)
- съпе́рничество noun (action of competing)
- съревнова́ние noun (contest for a prize or award)
Burmese
1 entries- ပြိုင်ပွဲ noun (contest for a prize or award)
Catalan
2 entries- competició noun (action of competing)
- competició noun (contest for a prize or award)
Chinese
3 entries- бисэ noun (action of competing)
- бисэ noun (contest for a prize or award)
- 比賽 /比赛 noun (contest for a prize or award)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 比賽 /比赛 noun (action of competing)
- 比賽 /比赛 noun (contest for a prize or award)
- 競爭 /竞争 noun (action of competing)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 比賽 /比赛 noun (action of competing)
- 比賽 /比赛 noun (contest for a prize or award)
- 競爭 /竞争 noun (action of competing)
Czech
4 entries- konkurence noun (action of competing)
- konkurování noun (action of competing)
- soupeření noun (action of competing)
- soutěž noun (contest for a prize or award)
Danish
2 entries- konkurrence noun (action of competing)
- konkurrence noun (contest for a prize or award)
Dari
3 entries- رَقَابَت noun (action of competing)
- مُسَابَقَه noun (contest for a prize or award)
- مُنَافَسَه noun (action of competing)
Dutch
4 entries- competitie noun (contest for a prize or award)
- concurrentie noun (action of competing)
- toernooi noun (contest for a prize or award)
- wedloop noun (contest for a prize or award)
Esperanto
2 entries- konkuro noun (action of competing)
- konkurso noun (contest for a prize or award)
Estonian
4 entries- konkurents noun (action of competing)
- konkurss noun (contest for a prize or award)
- võistlemine noun (action of competing)
- võistlus noun (action of competing)
Ewe
2 entries- ɖikeke noun (action of competing)
- ɖikeke noun (contest for a prize or award)
Finnish
3 entries- kilpailu noun (action of competing)
- kilpailu noun (contest for a prize or award)
- kisa noun (contest for a prize or award)
French
4 entries- compétition noun (action of competing)
- compétition noun (contest for a prize or award)
- concours noun (contest for a prize or award)
- concurrence noun (action of competing)
Georgian
3 entries- კონკურენცია noun (action of competing)
- შეჯიბრება noun (action of competing)
- შეჯიბრი noun (contest for a prize or award)
German
2 entries- Konkurrenz noun (action of competing)
- Wettbewerb noun (contest for a prize or award)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃𐍄𐍃 noun (action of competing)
Greek
3 entries- ανταγωνισμός noun (action of competing)
- διαγωνισμός noun (contest for a prize or award)
- συναγωνισμός noun (action of competing)
Hebrew
1 entries- תַּחֲרוּת noun (action of competing)
Hindi
4 entries- प्रतियोगिता noun (action of competing)
- प्रतियोगिता noun (contest for a prize or award)
- प्रतिस्पर्धा noun (action of competing)
- प्रतिस्पर्धा noun (contest for a prize or award)
Hungarian
4 entries- konkurencia noun (action of competing)
- megmérettetés noun (contest for a prize or award)
- rivalizálás noun (action of competing)
- versengés noun (action of competing)
Indonesian
4 entries- kompetisi noun (action of competing)
- kompetisi noun (contest for a prize or award)
- perlombaan noun (contest for a prize or award)
- persaingan noun (action of competing)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- رِقابَت noun (action of competing)
- مُسابِقِه noun (contest for a prize or award)
- مُنافَسِه noun (action of competing)
Irish
4 entries- coimhlint noun (action of competing)
- comórtas noun (contest for a prize or award)
- iomaidh noun (action of competing)
- iomaidh noun (contest for a prize or award)
Italian
4 entries- competizione noun (action of competing)
- competizione noun (contest for a prize or award)
- concorrenza noun (action of competing)
- concorso noun (contest for a prize or award)
Japanese
4 entries- コンクール noun (contest for a prize or award)
- コンテスト noun (contest for a prize or award)
- コンペ noun (action of competing)
- コンペ noun (contest for a prize or award)
Kaitag
1 entries- бяс noun (contest for a prize or award)
Kanakanabu
1 entries- arumuan noun (contest for a prize or award)
Kazakh
4 entries- байқау noun (contest for a prize or award)
- бәсеке noun (action of competing)
- бәсекелестік noun (action of competing)
- жарыс noun (action of competing)
Khmer
2 entries- ជំនែង noun (contest for a prize or award)
- ប្រកួត noun (contest for a prize or award)
Korean
4 entries- 경기 noun (contest for a prize or award)
- 경쟁 noun (action of competing)
- 경쟁시험 noun (contest for a prize or award)
- 경진 대회 noun (contest for a prize or award)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- жарыш noun (contest for a prize or award)
- конкуренция noun (action of competing)
- мелдеш noun (contest for a prize or award)
Latin
2 entries- certāmen noun (action of competing)
- certāmen noun (contest for a prize or award)
Latvian
3 entries- konkurence noun (action of competing)
- konkurss noun (contest for a prize or award)
- sacensības noun (contest for a prize or award)
Lithuanian
4 entries- konkurencija noun (action of competing)
- konkursas noun (contest for a prize or award)
- rungtynės noun (contest for a prize or award)
- varžybos noun (contest for a prize or award)
Macedonian
3 entries- конкуренција noun (action of competing)
- натпревар noun (action of competing)
- натпревар noun (contest for a prize or award)
Malay
3 entries- persaingan noun (action of competing)
- pertandingan noun (contest for a prize or award)
- sayembara noun (contest for a prize or award)
Malayalam
2 entries- മത്സരം noun (action of competing)
- മത്സരം noun (contest for a prize or award)
Marathi
1 entries- स्पर्धा noun (action of competing)
Mongolian
3 entries- тэмцээн noun (contest for a prize or award)
- уралдаан noun (contest for a prize or award)
- өрсөлдөөн noun (action of competing)
Māori
2 entries- tauwhāinga noun (contest for a prize or award)
- tātāwhāinga noun (action of competing)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- berêkane noun (action of competing)
- berêkane noun (contest for a prize or award)
- hawirkan noun (action of competing)
- hawirkan noun (contest for a prize or award)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- konkurranse noun (action of competing)
- konkurranse noun (contest for a prize or award)
- tevling noun (contest for a prize or award)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- رقابت noun (action of competing)
Pashto
4 entries- رقابت noun (action of competing)
- سيالي noun (action of competing)
- مسابقه noun (contest for a prize or award)
- کانکور noun (contest for a prize or award)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Wadkaumpf noun (contest for a prize or award)
Polish
4 entries- konkurencja noun (action of competing)
- konkurs noun (contest for a prize or award)
- rywalizacja noun (action of competing)
- zawody noun (contest for a prize or award)
Portuguese
3 entries- competição noun (action of competing)
- competição noun (contest for a prize or award)
- concurso noun (contest for a prize or award)
Romanian
4 entries- competiție noun (action of competing)
- competiție noun (contest for a prize or award)
- concurență noun (action of competing)
- concurs noun (action of competing)
Russian
4 entries- ко́нкурс noun (contest for a prize or award)
- конкуре́нция noun (action of competing)
- сопе́рничество noun (action of competing)
- соревнова́ние noun (action of competing)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- co-fharpais noun (contest for a prize or award)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- konkurèncija noun (action of competing)
- tȅkma noun (contest for a prize or award)
- ùtakmica noun (contest for a prize or award)
- конкурѐнција noun (action of competing)
Shan
1 entries- ပၢင်ၶေႉၶဵင်ႇ noun (contest for a prize or award)
Slovak
2 entries- konkurencia noun (action of competing)
- súťaž noun (contest for a prize or award)
Slovene
3 entries- konkurenca noun (action of competing)
- tekma noun (contest for a prize or award)
- tekmovanje noun (action of competing)
Spanish
2 entries- competición noun (action of competing)
- competición noun (contest for a prize or award)
Swedish
2 entries- konkurrens noun (action of competing)
- tävling noun (contest for a prize or award)
Tagalog
2 entries- pakikitagis noun (action of competing)
- tagisan noun (action of competing)
Tajik
2 entries- мусобиқа noun (contest for a prize or award)
- рақобат noun (action of competing)
Tamil
3 entries- பந்தயம் noun (contest for a prize or award)
- போட்டி noun (action of competing)
- போட்டி noun (contest for a prize or award)
Tatar
2 entries- ярыш noun (action of competing)
- ярыш noun (contest for a prize or award)
Telugu
3 entries- పందెము noun (contest for a prize or award)
- పోటీ noun (action of competing)
- పోటీ noun (contest for a prize or award)
Thai
2 entries- การแข่ง noun (contest for a prize or award)
- การแข่งขัน noun (contest for a prize or award)
Tibetan
1 entries- འགྲན་བསྡུར noun (contest for a prize or award)
Tok Pisin
2 entries- pasin resis noun (action of competing)
- resis noun (contest for a prize or award)
Turkish
3 entries- müsabaka noun (contest for a prize or award)
- rekabet noun (action of competing)
- yarış noun (contest for a prize or award)
Turkmen
2 entries- konkurs noun (contest for a prize or award)
- ýaryş noun (contest for a prize or award)
Ukrainian
4 entries- змага́ння noun (action of competing)
- змага́ння noun (contest for a prize or award)
- ко́нкурс noun (contest for a prize or award)
- конкуре́нція noun (action of competing)
Urdu
3 entries- مُسابَقَہ noun (contest for a prize or award)
- مُقابْلَہ noun (contest for a prize or award)
- ٹَکَّر noun (action of competing)
Uyghur
2 entries- رىقابەت noun (action of competing)
- مۇسابىقە noun (contest for a prize or award)
Uzbek
4 entries- konkurensiya noun (action of competing)
- konkurs noun (contest for a prize or award)
- musobaqa noun (contest for a prize or award)
- poyga noun (contest for a prize or award)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cuộc thi noun (contest for a prize or award)
- sự cạnh tranh noun (action of competing)
Welsh
3 entries- cystadleuaeth noun (action of competing)
- cystadleuaeth noun (contest for a prize or award)
- ymryson noun (contest for a prize or award)
West-Frisian
2 entries- kompetysje noun (action of competing)
- kompetysje noun (contest for a prize or award)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 比賽 /比赛 noun (contest for a prize or award)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Competition is not by nature evil.
Source: tatoeba (19269)
The competition has become fierce.
Source: tatoeba (19270)
Effectively dealing with competition is an important part of life.
Source: tatoeba (19272)
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