Collocations for "competition"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "competition" in context.
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competition
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [good, challenging, fierce, strong, stiff] competition
- [local, international] competition
- a [math, photo, track] competition
- [watch, analyze] the competition
- [outdo, outsell, outperform] the competition
- undercut the competition's [offers, prices]
- was [overtaken, outdone] by the competition
- there's [fierce, a lot of, strong] competition (for places)
- not everything is a competition
- it is not a competition
- it doesn't have to be a competition
- always makes it a competition
- competition between rival [schools, companies]
- competition among [friends, allies, siblings]
- a competition of [strength, intelligence]
- a competition in which [strength] is (tested)
- the competition is on [Saturday]
- the competition was postponed for [weather, unforeseen events]
- [enter, take part in, pull out of] the competition
- [won, lost] the competition
- is [performing, competing] in the competition
- is in competition for [first]
- watch [footage, videos] of the competition
- spy on the competition
- the competition [rules, guidelines, entrants]
- send your competition entry (to)
'competition' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
American
- Sunday
- absence
- amateur
- bar
- beam
- beat
- bee
- best
- better
- bow
- bowl
- bring
- bummer
- caption
- cave
- challenge
- chess
- chicken out
- climb
- close
- closely
- condition
- consistently
- contest
- deal
- distinctive
- drawing
- enter
- equal
- excitement
- fairness
- falter
- fare
- fencing
- fierce
- fight
- first
- fishing
- fix
- fleece
- format
- give
- growing
- heat
- hurl
- intense
- iron
- jack
- joint