Definition of competition

"competition" in the noun sense

1. competition

a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers

"business competition can be fiendish at times"

2. contest, competition

an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

3. competition, contention, rivalry

the act of competing as for profit or a prize

"the teams were in fierce contention for first place"

4. rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender

the contestant you hope to defeat

"he had respect for his rivals"

"he wanted to know what the competition was doing"

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Quotations for competition

Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition. [ Beaconsfield ]

Government and cooperation are in all things the laws of life; anarchy and competition, the laws of death. [ John Ruskin ]

Reflection makes men cowards. There is no object that can be put in competition with life, unless it is viewed through the medium of passion, and we are hurried away by the impulse of the moment. [ Hazlitt ]

Make a point never so clear, it is great odds that a man whose habits and the bent of whose mind lie a contrary way, shall be unable to comprehend it. So weak a thing is reason in competition with inclination. [ Bishop Berkeley ]

Certainly the highest and dearest concerns of a temporal life are infinitely less valuable than those of an eternal; and consequently ought, without any demur at all, to be sacrificed to them, whenever they come in competition. [ South ]

competition in Scrabble®

The word competition is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters competition:

COMPETITION
(180)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (7 words)

compote, emotion, meiotic, mitotic, nepotic, pimento, titmice

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word competition

COMPETITION
(180)
COMPETITION
(162)
COMPETITION
(120)
COMPETITION
(108)
COMPETITION
(76)
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(72)
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(72)
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(72)
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(68)
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(68)
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(68)
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(68)
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(68)
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(63)
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(63)
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(57)
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(50)
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(42)
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(42)
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(42)
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(42)
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(42)
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(42)
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(42)
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(42)
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(42)
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(38)
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(38)
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(38)
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(27)
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(27)
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(25)
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(23)
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(23)
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(22)
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(22)
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(22)
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(20)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In competition

COMPETITION
(180)
COMPETITION
(162)
COMPETITION
(120)
COMPETITION
(108)
COMPOTE
(102 = 52 + 50)
COMPOTE
(98 = 48 + 50)
COMPOTE
(98 = 48 + 50)
COMPOTE
(98 = 48 + 50)
COMPOTE
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NEPOTIC
(94 = 44 + 50)
MITOTIC
(94 = 44 + 50)
PIMENTO
(94 = 44 + 50)
MEIOTIC
(94 = 44 + 50)
TITMICE
(94 = 44 + 50)
COMPOTE
(92 = 42 + 50)
MEIOTIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
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TITMICE
(92 = 42 + 50)
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(92 = 42 + 50)
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(92 = 42 + 50)
MEIOTIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
PIMENTO
(92 = 42 + 50)
MITOTIC
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TITMICE
(92 = 42 + 50)
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MITOTIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
NEPOTIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
NEPOTIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
COMPOTE
(89 = 39 + 50)
COMPOTE
(88 = 38 + 50)
COMPOTE
(88 = 38 + 50)
MEIOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
EMOTION
(86 = 36 + 50)
PIMENTO
(86 = 36 + 50)
TITMICE
(86 = 36 + 50)
TITMICE
(86 = 36 + 50)
NEPOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
NEPOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
TITMICE
(86 = 36 + 50)
NEPOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
TITMICE
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PIMENTO
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MEIOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
MEIOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
TITMICE
(86 = 36 + 50)
PIMENTO
(86 = 36 + 50)
NEPOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
MITOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
MITOTIC
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PIMENTO
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PIMENTO
(86 = 36 + 50)
MITOTIC
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MITOTIC
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PIMENTO
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MEIOTIC
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MITOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
MEIOTIC
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MITOTIC
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EMOTION
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NEPOTIC
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NEPOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
MEIOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
PIMENTO
(84 = 34 + 50)
PIMENTO
(84 = 34 + 50)
TITMICE
(84 = 34 + 50)
NEPOTIC
(84 = 34 + 50)
MITOTIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
TITMICE
(83 = 33 + 50)
NEPOTIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
MEIOTIC
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PIMENTO
(83 = 33 + 50)
COMPOTE
(82 = 32 + 50)
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COMPOTE
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NEPOTIC
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MEIOTIC
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EMOTION
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MITOTIC
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MITOTIC
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EMOTION
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EMOTION
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EMOTION
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EMOTION
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COMPOTE
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EMOTION
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EMOTION
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MEIOTIC
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PIMENTO
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MITOTIC
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NEPOTIC
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NEPOTIC
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PIMENTO
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TITMICE
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MITOTIC
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MEIOTIC
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PIMENTO
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EMOTION
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MEIOTIC
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MEIOTIC
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TITMICE
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TITMICE
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TITMICE
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COMPETITION
(76)
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(76 = 26 + 50)
MITOTIC
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MITOTIC
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MITOTIC
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TITMICE
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PIMENTO
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TITMICE
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MEIOTIC
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COMPETITION
(72)
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(72)
COMPETITION
(72)
MEIOTIC
(72 = 22 + 50)
TITMICE
(72 = 22 + 50)
TITMICE
(72 = 22 + 50)
TITMICE
(72 = 22 + 50)
TITMICE
(72 = 22 + 50)
MEIOTIC
(72 = 22 + 50)

competition in Words With Friends™

The word competition is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 21

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters competition:

COMPETITION
(279)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (7 words)

compote, emotion, meiotic, mitotic, nepotic, pimento, titmice

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word competition

COMPETITION
(279)
COMPETITION
(225)
COMPETITION
(225)
COMPETITION
(174)
COMPETITION
(138)
COMPETITION
(108)
COMPETITION
(100)
COMPETITION
(93)
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(88)
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(88)
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(88)
COMPETITION
(84)
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(84)
COMPETITION
(84)
COMPETITION
(75)
COMPETITION
(66)
COMPETITION
(62)
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(62)
COMPETITION
(50)
COMPETITION
(50)
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(50)
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(50)
COMPETITION
(42)
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(42)
COMPETITION
(32)
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(31)
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(30)
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(30)
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(29)
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(27)
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(27)
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(27)
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(27)
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(26)
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(26)
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(25)
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(25)
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(24)
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(23)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In competition

COMPETITION
(279)
COMPETITION
(225)
COMPETITION
(225)
COMPETITION
(174)
COMPETITION
(138)
COMPOTE
(131 = 96 + 35)
PIMENTO
(125 = 90 + 35)
TITMICE
(122 = 87 + 35)
NEPOTIC
(113 = 78 + 35)
COMPOTE
(113 = 78 + 35)
COMPOTE
(113 = 78 + 35)
COMPETITION
(108)
COMPOTE
(107 = 72 + 35)
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(107 = 72 + 35)
COMPOTE
(107 = 72 + 35)
NEPOTIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
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(104 = 69 + 35)
TITMICE
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MITOTIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
MITOTIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
PIMENTO
(101 = 66 + 35)
NEPOTIC
(101 = 66 + 35)
COMPETITION
(100)
COMPOTE
(99 = 64 + 35)
COMPOTE
(99 = 64 + 35)
COMPOTE
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MITOTIC
(98 = 63 + 35)
TITMICE
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MEIOTIC
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TITMICE
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MITOTIC
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EMOTION
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MEIOTIC
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TITMICE
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COMPOTE
(95 = 60 + 35)
PIMENTO
(95 = 60 + 35)
COMPETITION
(93)
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(92 = 57 + 35)
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(91 = 56 + 35)
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PIMENTO
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COMPOTE
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NEPOTIC
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PIMENTO
(89 = 54 + 35)
COMPETITION
(88)
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(88)
COMPETITION
(88)
TITMICE
(87 = 52 + 35)
MEIOTIC
(87 = 52 + 35)
NETCOM
(87)
PECTIN
(87)
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(87 = 52 + 35)
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TITMICE
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EMOTION
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(84)
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(84)
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(84)
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POTMEN
(75)
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(75)
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(75)
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TITMICE
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INCOME
(69)
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(69)
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PIETIC
(66)
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(66)
TITMEN
(66)
PIETIC
(66)
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(66)
POETIC
(66)
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(66)
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(66)
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TITMICE
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NEPOTIC
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TITMICE
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MEIOTIC
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TITMICE
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NETCOM
(63)
MITOTIC
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PIMENTO
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PIMENTO
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PIMENTO
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Words containing the sequence competition

Words that start with competition (2 words)

Word Growth involving competition

Shorter words in competition

on ion petition

it petit petition

pe pet petit petition

Longer words containing competition

competitions macrocompetitions

competitions microcompetitions

competitions recompetitions

macrocompetition macrocompetitions

microcompetition microcompetitions

noncompetition noncompetitional

overcompetition

recompetition precompetition

recompetition recompetitions