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noun event in which people try to win sth ADJ. international, national | knock-out | dancing, piano, sporting, etc. VERB + COMPETITION win She won an international dancing competition. | lose | have, hold, stage We're going to have a competition to see who can swim the furthest. | enter, take part in | withdraw from COMPETITION + VERB take place | be open to sb The competition is open to all readers of the magazine PREP. in a/the ~ I won the car in a competition. | ~ between a competition between the best teams in the country | ~ for a competition for the best chef trying to achieve the same thing/gain an advantage ADJ. cut-throat, fierce, intense, keen, serious, severe, stiff, strong, tough intense competition for the contract | direct Public transport is run in direct competition with the private sector. | fair, free, healthy, open | domestic | foreign, global, international, overseas | economic VERB + COMPETITION be up against, face | go into to go into competition with British Telecom | beat off, fight off to fight off competition from foreign firms PREP. against ~ They won the order against fierce international competition. | in ~ with We are in competition with some very large companies. | in the face of ~ The gas companies are having to lay off staff in the face of stiff competition from oil. | ~ among/between There is a lot of competition between rival airlines. | ~ for, ~ from We face strong competition from other countries.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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competition
verbs
face competition (from somebody)
• Website designers face increasing competition.
beat off/fight off competition
• She beat off competition from dozens of other candidates to get the job.
adjectives
strong/serious competition
• The company is facing strong competition in the market.
stiff/tough/fierce/intense/keen competition
(= strong competition )
• There is stiff competition for places at the best universities.
cut-throat competition
(= very strong competition )
• The cutthroat competition in the airline industry kept prices low for many years.
increasing/growing competition
• the growing competition between banks
fair competition
• Fair competition offers the best guarantee of good services and low prices.
unfair competition
• This will protect the industry from unfair competition from abroad.
open competition
(= a situation that offers anyone a chance to be successful )
• We welcome open competition in the software market.
phrases
in the face of competition
(= in a situation where you are competing to be successful )
• They won the contract in the face of tough competition.
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verbs
take part in a competition
• Ten schools took part in the competition.
enter a competition
• You must be over 16 to enter the competition.
win a competition
• Lucy was thrilled to hear that she had won the short-story competition.
come first/second/third etc in a competition
• Stuart came second in the swimming competition.
have/hold a competition
• Each year the school holds a painting competition.
run a competition
(= organize it )
• The company is running an inventions competition with a first prize of £1,000.
launch a competition
(= start it )
• We’re launching a competition to find the best young designer.
judge a competition
(= decide who has won it )
• A panel of five will judge the competition.
withdraw from a competition
(= not take part, when you had planned to )
• He had to withdraw from the competition because of an injury.
be out of a competition
(= no longer be in a competition because you have been defeated )
• Our team scored the fewest points so we were out of the competition.
put/knock somebody out of a competition
(= defeat someone so that they are no longer in a competition )
• They put us out of the competition in the semi-final last year.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + competition
a football/music/essay etc competition
• There’s a music competition in the town on June 12th.
a writing/painting/dancing etc competition
• Greg won the school public-speaking competition.
a sporting/sports competition
• There is an increasing demand to watch sporting competitions.
a national/international/European etc competition
• Her oldest daughter has taken part in national competitions.
an annual competition
• Last year he won the magazine’s annual photo competition.
an open competition
(= that everyone can take part in )
• An open competition is to be held at the tennis club.
a knock-out competition
British English (= in which if you lose a game, you are no longer in the competition )
a newspaper competition
(= organized by and advertised in a newspaper )
• I entered a newspaper competition for young photographer of the year.
phrases
the result of a competition
• The result of the competition will be announced on April 3rd.
the winner of a competition
• Jane was the clear winner of the competition.
the rules of a competition
• Make sure you understand the rules of the competition.
a competition is open to somebody
(= used to say who can enter a competition )
• The competition is open to artists between 16 and 25 years old.
transnet.ir
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competition
an organized event in which people or teams compete against each other, especially in order to win a prize:
• My sister entered a dance competition. • The winner of the competition will be announced in June.
contest
a competition in which people do an activity, and a group of judges decide the winner:
• a beauty contest • a contest to find America’s strongest man
championship
an important sports competition to find the best player or team in the world or in a particular area:
• the European Athletics Championship • Brazil went on to win the world championship.
tournament
a competition in a sport or game, in which many players or teams compete against each other until there is one winner:
• a golf tournament
quiz
a competition in which people have to answer questions:
• a TV quiz show
part of a competition
round
one of the parts of a competition that you have to finish or win before you can go on to the next part:
• Henman lost in the second round of the competition.
heat
one of several races or competitions whose winners then compete against each other:
• She came second in her heat, with a time of 23.2 seconds.
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