What does competition mean?
Word: Competition
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Competition means an event in which people try to win a prize by being the best, such as a quiz or a drawing event at school.
Synonyms: tournament
How do you spell competition?
Syllables: com - pe - ti - tion
Tricky part: After com comes pe and then ti: first an e, then an i. Children mix them up and write compitition or competetion.
Watch out for: compitition, competetion
Memory tip: Competition starts the way compete does, so the letter after the p is e.
Competition in a sentence
Example 1: Meera won the drawing competition at school.
Example 2: There is tough competition between the two schools every year.
Example 3: The kite-flying competition was held on Makar Sankranti.
Fun Fact
The Scripps National Spelling Bee, a famous spelling competition in the USA, began in 1925.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) audience
b) tournament
c) trophey
d) winner
Show answer
c) trophey. Trophy ends in a plain y after the h, with no e.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
competition
a) reward
b) contest
c) practice
d) festival
Show answer
b) contest. A contest is an event where people try to win, just like a competition.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
pitoctineom
a) completion
b) composition
c) repetition
d) competition
Show answer
d) competition. The jumble has no s, l or r, which rules out composition, completion and repetition in turn.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our school held a rangoli competision the day before Diwali.
a) Diwali
b) school
c) competision
d) rangoli
Show answer
c) competision. The ending is tion, as in nation.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. There was strong competition for the last place in the team. This means ____.
a) many players wanted that place
b) the team had no players
c) nobody wanted that place
d) the place was given away
Show answer
a) many players wanted that place
2. Which activity is a competition?
a) a sack race for a prize
b) brushing your teeth
c) a walk in the park
d) reading in bed
Show answer
a) a sack race for a prize
