Engelsk substantiv: competition | |||
1. | competition a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Business competition can be fiendish at times. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | business relation | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | price competition, price war | ||
2. | competition (om begivenhet) an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | contest | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | social event | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | athletic competition, athletic contest, athletics, bout, championship, chicken, cliffhanger, dogfight, field trial, game, match, playoff, race, race, series, spelldown, spelling bee, spelling contest, tournament, tournament, tourney, trial | ||
3. | competition (om handling) the act of competing as for profit or a prize | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The teams were in fierce contention for first place. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | contention, rivalry | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | group action | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | contest | ||
Uttrykk med motsatt betydning (antonymer) | cooperation | ||
4. | competition (om person) the contestant you hope to defeat | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He had respect for his rivals. He wanted to know what the competition was doing. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | challenger, competitor, contender, rival | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | contestant | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | champ, champion, comer, enemy, favorite, favourite, finalist, foe, front-runner, king, queen, runner-up, scratch, second best, semifinalist, street fighter, tier, tilter, title-holder, world-beater | ||