кот paer'9s<?n, bai кэт'рэег^п/ lshlcially written use this when you are comparing two or more things or people: After months of Jiving in a tropical climate. Spain seemed cool by comparison. + with In comparison with London, life in our small town was very quiet.
In comparison and by comparison
are more formal than compared to and
compared with and are more common in written English.
in contrast/by contrast m knntm:su
bai kontra:stj|- kaintraest use this when you are emphasizing the difference between two or more things or people: Richard's small and slim. His father, by contrast, is tall and well-built. in contrast to/by contrast with In contrast to his previous novels. his latest book is much more serious
relative 'rebtiv [adj] relative importance/advantage/amount/size the importance. advantage etc that one thing has when it is compared to other things: the relative importance of money and job
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a game or sports event
when people or companies are trying to be more successful than others
A tournament is usually not as
important as a championship and does
not involve as many players or teams.
contest kontestHka:n- [n CJ a competition in which a person or team does an activity, and a group of judges decide which of them is the best
see also sport, take part
D a game or event in which people try to do better than each other
competition /,knmp^tipn||,ka:m- [n C] an organized event in which people try to do an activity or sport better than other people, especially in order to win a prize: He was awarded first prize in the National Poetry Competition win a competition A student from St Paul won the speechwriting competition.
enter a competition (=be in a competition) Enter our free competition and win a weekend in Paris.
a competition to do sth a competition to think of g name for the new building
championship 'tjiempionjip/ [n C] an
important sports event in which players or teams play against each other to decide who is the best in an area, the country, or the world: the World Chess Champion ship
win a championship At 1 7, Becker was the youngest player to win the Men's Tennis Championship.
tournament / няпэтт, 'и-Ц'т-. 'тэг-
[n С] a competition in a sport or game in which each player or team plays a series of games until one person or team wins: an international golf tournament win a tournament Telford won the local five-a-side football tournament.
win a contest The singing contest was won by Sven from Sweden. beauty contest (=a contest in which judges decide who is the most beautiful woman)
Contest is not usually used about
sports events.
ZA someone who takes part in a competition
competitor /кэт'реЦ1эг [n C] someone
who takes part in a competition: Two of the competitors failed to turn up for the first race.
contestant /kan'testmt/ [n C] someone who takes part in a contest, a TV game, test of knowledge etc: The next contestant is Alice Jones from Vancouver. I Each contestant has to answer questions on a variety of subjects.
В to take part in a competition, sports event etc
compete /kam'piit/ [u I] to take part in a
competition, sporting event etc + in Athletes from 197 countries competed in the Olympic Games in Atlanta. + against Ten teams will compete against each other for the National Trophy.
Ш to try to do better than
another person or organization
compete /кэт pi:t/ [u I] to try to do better
than another person or organization, for example in business or politics + with Nowadays we have to compete more and more with foreign companies. +for (=in order to get something) two little children competing for their mother's attention
can't compete with (=not have enough
skill, money etc to compete with another person, company etc) Small British car companies just can't compete with giants like BMW and Volkswagen. compete to do sth Fujitsu, Hitachi, and NEC are competing with US firms to
COMPETITION
build the world's fastest supercomputer.
fig kt /fait,/ [u I/T] to try extremely hard to get an important job or political position
which other people are also trying to get + /or If you want the job, you'll have to fight for it.
fight sb for sth Wil/iams fought several rivals for the leadership of the party.
fighting - fought - have fought
В a situation in which people try to do better than each other
competition /tkompJ,'tiJ<m||,ka:m-/ [n U|
when people or organizations try hard to get something that they all want but only one of them can get
+ for Competition for these jobs is very tough - we've had over 200 applications.
+ between There's a lot of competition between the big supermarket chains, fierce/strong/tough competition (=when a lot of people are all trying very hard to get something) There is fierce competition for places in the Olympic team.
competitive /kam'pet^tiv/ [adj) a competitive situation is one in which people try hard to do better than each other, for example in business or at schooclass="underline" Amanda hated working in advertising; it was so competitive.
highly competitive (=very competitive) The atmosphere at our school was highly competitive.
rivalry f гш Mr у [n U] when two people, teams, or companies try to do better than each other, especially over a long period + between Rivalry between brothers and sisters is quite normal. I the longstanding rivalry between Coca-Cola and Pepsi intense/fierce rivalry (=very strong rivalry) There was intense rivalry between the Brazilian and Italian teams.
battle "baetl [n С] a situation in which people or organizations fight against each other to get power or control of something, and they are all very determined to win
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+ for The President's advisors were engaged in a battle for power.
В people who are trying to do better than each other
competitor kom'pet^y [л С] a person or company that tries to do better than another which offers similar goods or services. Their major competitors are IBM
and Sun Microsystems.
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rival raiwl [л C] a person, team, or company that tries to do better than another similar one, especially over a long period: The two teams had always been rivals.