Contest

//ˈkɑn.tɛst//

Synonyms for "contest" (267 found)

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Verb(4 words)
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Noun(1 words)
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11 relation types

More general

5 entries

More specific

15 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

5 entries

capable of

2 entries

derived

9 entries

has a

1 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

2 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

12 entries

Translations

132 translations across 43 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • aanveg noun (controversy)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ἀγών noun (competition — see also competition)
  • ἆθλος noun (competition — see also competition)

Arabic

2 entries
  • مُسَابَقَة noun (competition — see also competition)
  • مُسَابَقَة noun (competition — see also competition)

Armenian

1 entries
  • մրցույթ noun (competition — see also competition)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • yarış noun (competition — see also competition)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • ко́нкурс noun (competition — see also competition)
  • спор noun (controversy)
  • състеза́ние noun (competition — see also competition)
  • оспорвам verb (to oppose)

Catalan

4 entries
  • competició noun (competition — see also competition)
  • concurs noun (competition — see also competition)
  • debat noun (controversy)
  • disputa noun (controversy)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 比賽 /比赛 noun (competition — see also competition)
  • 爭論 /争论 noun (controversy)
  • 競賽 /竞赛 noun (competition — see also competition)

Czech

1 entries
  • soutěž noun (competition — see also competition)

Danish

1 entries
  • konkurrence noun (competition — see also competition)

Dutch

1 entries
  • wedstrijd noun (competition — see also competition)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • konkurso noun (competition — see also competition)

Estonian

2 entries
  • konkurss noun (competition — see also competition)
  • võistlus noun (competition — see also competition)

Faroese

1 entries
  • kapping noun (competition — see also competition)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kilpailu noun (competition — see also competition)
  • riita noun (controversy)
  • kilpailla verb (to contend)
  • kritisoida verb (to oppose)

French

2 entries
  • compétition noun (competition — see also competition)
  • concours noun (competition — see also competition)

Georgian

1 entries
  • შეჯიბრი noun (competition — see also competition)

German

4 entries
  • Auseinandersetzung noun (controversy)
  • Debatte noun (controversy)
  • Wettbewerb noun (competition — see also competition)
  • Wettkampf noun (competition — see also competition)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to contend)

Greek

3 entries
  • διαγωνισμός noun (competition — see also competition)
  • συναγωνισμός noun (controversy)
  • αμφισβητώ verb (to oppose)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • תחרות noun (competition — see also competition)
  • התחרה verb (to contend)

Hindi

4 entries
  • प्रतिद्वंद्विता noun (competition — see also competition)
  • प्रतियोगिता noun (competition — see also competition)
  • प्रतिस्पर्धा noun (competition — see also competition)
  • विवाद noun (controversy)

Italian

2 entries
  • concorso noun (competition — see also competition)
  • contendere verb (to contend)

Japanese

3 entries
  • コンクール noun (competition — see also competition)
  • コンテスト noun (competition — see also competition)
  • 競争 noun (competition — see also competition)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • марһан noun (competition — see also competition)

Korean

3 entries
  • 경쟁 noun (competition — see also competition)
  • 콘테스트 noun (competition — see also competition)
  • 콩쿠르 noun (competition — see also competition)

Latin

1 entries
  • certāmen noun (competition — see also competition)

Māori

1 entries
  • tauwhawhai noun (competition — see also competition)

Norman

1 entries
  • contester verb (to oppose)

Norwegian

3 entries
  • debatt noun (controversy)
  • diskusjon noun (controversy)
  • konkurranse noun (competition — see also competition)

Persian

3 entries
  • خویسه noun (controversy)
  • مسابقه noun (competition — see also competition)
  • مناقشه noun (controversy)

Polish

3 entries
  • debata noun (controversy)
  • konkurs noun (competition — see also competition)
  • spór noun (controversy)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • competição noun (competition — see also competition)
  • concurso noun (competition — see also competition)
  • disputa noun (controversy)
  • contender verb (to contend)

Romanian

4 entries
  • competiție noun (competition — see also competition)
  • concurs noun (competition — see also competition)
  • controversă noun (controversy)
  • dezbatere noun (controversy)

Russian

4 entries
  • ди́спут noun (controversy)
  • ко́нкурс noun (competition — see also competition)
  • соревнова́ние noun (competition — see also competition)
  • состяза́ние noun (competition — see also competition)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • स्पर्धते verb (to contend)

Slovak

1 entries
  • súťaž noun (competition — see also competition)

Spanish

4 entries
  • competencia noun (competition — see also competition)
  • competición noun (competition — see also competition)
  • concurso noun (competition — see also competition)
  • debate noun (controversy)

Swahili

3 entries
  • mashindano noun (controversy)
  • shindano noun (competition — see also competition)
  • shindana verb (to contend)

Telugu

4 entries
  • చర్చనీయాంశము noun (controversy)
  • పోటీలు noun (competition — see also competition)
  • ఎదిరించు verb (to oppose)
  • పోటీ చేయు verb (to contend)

Turkish

3 entries
  • müsabaka noun (competition — see also competition)
  • yarış noun (competition — see also competition)
  • yarışma noun (competition — see also competition)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • змага́ння noun (competition — see also competition)
  • ко́нкурс noun (competition — see also competition)
  • спір noun (controversy)
  • супере́чка noun (controversy)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • פֿאַרמעסט noun (competition — see also competition)
  • קאָנקורס noun (competition — see also competition)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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It is probable that he will win the speech contest.

Source: tatoeba (19173)

I would often take part in an English speech contest in my school days.

Source: tatoeba (21476)

Are you going to take part in the English speech contest?

Source: tatoeba (26339)

To everyone's astonishment, Mike won first prize in the speech contest.

Source: tatoeba (32179)

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