Competition

Noun

 * 1)  The action of competing.
 * 2)  A contest for a prize or award.

Adjectives for Competition
unrestrained; unlimited; unrestricted; utterly unbridled; free; full; spectacular; unregulated; constructive; legitimate; ruinous ; destructive; bitter; active; intense; keen; severe; sharp; heavy; strenuous; serious; effective; unprecedented; formidable; meaningless; puny; individual; world; internal; native; water-power; utility; truck; domestic; socialistic; international; critical; interstate; tangled; unwanted; constant; increased; enhanced; primary; counter; unfair; unequal; hampering; foreign; savage; eager; formidable; pecuniary; marginal; benevolent; consequent; base; dishonorable; aggressive; harsh; ruthless; anarchical; hopeful; triumphal.

Verbs for Competition
cripple—; curb—; discourage—; eliminate—; exclude—; face—; nurture on—; obliterate—; offer—; overcome—; promote—; reduce—; sharpen—; squelch—; stamp out—; stimulate—; suppress—; survive—; sustain—; —abates; —eases; —enlivens; —grinds; —steels; —tempers; —threatens.

Thesaurus
match, meet, meeting, negativeness, noncooperation, obstinacy, one-upmanship, oppugnancy, perverseness, recalcitrance, refractoriness, rencontre, repugnance, rivalry, strife, striving, struggle, tournament, tug-of-war, uncooperativeness, vying, warfare, antagonism, antipathy, bad blood, championship, clashing, collision, competitor, concours, conflict, contention, contest, contrariety, contrariness, corrival, cross-purposes, cutthroat competition, disaccord, dissension, emulation, enmity, event, fractiousness, friction, game, gamesmanship, hostility, inimicalness, jockeying, lifemanship,

Etymology
From competitio < competere <  peto:.

Translations

 * Arabic: منافسة,
 * Armenian: մրցակցություն (mrc'akc'ut'yun)
 * Bulgarian: съперничество,
 * Catalan: competència,
 * Chinese: (bǐsài),  (jìngzhēng)
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: võistlus
 * Ewe: ɖikeke
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: antagonismos,  synagonismos for athletics
 * Hebrew: תחרות (takharut)


 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: (きょうそう, kyōsō)
 * Korean: 경쟁
 * Kurdish:, , , , , , , ,
 * Malayalam: മത്സരം (malsaram)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: competiție, concurență, concurs
 * Russian:, состязание,  ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: పోటీచేయు
 * West Frisian:


 * Arabic: منافسة,
 * Armenian: մրցույթ (mrc'uyt')
 * Bulgarian:, съревнование
 * Catalan: competició,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (bǐsài)
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: võistlus
 * Ewe: ɖikeke
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: diagonismos


 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: (, taikai),  (konpe)
 * Korean: 경기, 경쟁 시험, 경진 대회
 * Kurdish:, , , , , , , ,
 * Malayalam: മത്സരം (malsaram)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: concurs, competiție
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: súťaž
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: పందెము, పోటీ
 * West Frisian: