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How to pronounce competition in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms contest
Type of social event
Has types trial, tourney, championship, chicken, cliffhanger, tournament, athletic competition, dogfight, spelling contest, spelling bee, field trial, spelldown, series, game, rubber, match, playoff, race, athletic contest, athletics, bout
Type Words
Synonyms challenger, competitor, contender, rival
Type of contestant
Has types queen, king, runner-up, scratch, second best, semifinalist, front-runner, foe, finalist, favourite, favorite, street fighter, tier, tilter, title-holder, enemy, comer, champion, champ, world-beater


he wanted to know what the competition was doing.
Type Words
Synonyms contention, rivalry
Type of group action
Has types contest
Derivation compete
Type Words
Type of business relation
Has types price war, price competition


business competition can be fiendish at times.

Examples of competition

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There also will be three high school teams in a student part of the competition.
From the dailyherald.com
The Third Ward has the most competition with three challengers and no incumbent.
From the dailyherald.com
It could help reduce costly competition among area cities for jobs and tax base.
From the stltoday.com
His district's bars face competition from nearby St. Louis and Jefferson County.
From the stltoday.com
The Lions adjusted their schedule to provide Kemp the best possible competition.
From the stltoday.com
The women's British team swept the podium for the third consecutive competition.
From the thenewstribune.com
Americans should let Congress know what kind of health care competition we want.
From the washingtontimes.com
The 2008 farm bill required the USDA to promote competition within the industry.
From the sacbee.com
The effect of reduced competition in the cellphone industry is harder to fathom.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • A business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers; "business competition can be fiendish at times"
  • Contest: an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
  • The act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"
  • Rival: the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
  • Compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
  • (competitive) involving competition or competitiveness; "competitive games"; "to improve one's competitive position"
  • Competition is a contest between individuals, groups, nations, animals, etc. for territory, a niche, or a location of resources. It arises whenever two or more parties strive for a goal which cannot be shared. ...
  • Competition is a 1915 short film directed by B. Reeves Eason and Tom Ricketts. It was Eason's directional debut.
  • Competition is an interaction between organisms or species, in which the fitness of one is lowered by the presence of another. Limited supply of at least one resource (such as food, water, and territory) used by both is required. ...