Translation
competition, contest (an organised one with entrants and a prize)
Word origin
From Latin concursus, a running together, from currere ('to run'). The same root runs through English concourse, current, occur and course.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- concursus
- English cognates
- concourse, concur, course
Examples
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The village organises a music competition every summer.
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She won the competition with a very old song.
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Will you take part in the competition?
A is an event you enter: entrants, judges, a closing date, a prize. The other English competition, the general condition of firms or rivals competing, is , and swapping the two is one of the tidier mistakes an English speaker makes here. You and, with luck, it.
This chapter's story is , a village music contest, so the word is about to earn its keep.
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