how to pronounce competition

/ˌkɒmpəˈtɪʃən/

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competition is pronounced in four syllables

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kɒmpətɪʃən

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An example use of competition in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… are finalists in a competition for the …”

meaning of competition

Competition is a contest between two or more people, groups, or organizations.

competition frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word competition occurs in english on average 94.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics competition can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that competition can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) leisure and entertainment;

words with pronunciation similar to competition

opposition

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