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соревнование

Translation of соревнование

competition

Russian word in Latin letters: sorevnovanie

Meaning of соревнование

Russian

соперничество между людьми или командами за победу

English

a contest between people or groups

competition

Pronunciation

Russian · Male
[sərʲɪvnɐˈvanʲɪjə]
Russian · Female

Traps and common mistakes

Соревнование or конкурс?

конкурс

конкурс = competition in art, music, beauty

Don't mix them up. Sport — соревнование; singing, drawing, essays or beauty — конкурс.

Она победила в конкурсе рисунков.

She won a drawing competition.

Он победил в соревновании по бегу.

He won a running competition.

Соревнование or конкуренция?

конкуренция

конкуренция = competition between businesses

Don't mix them up. A sports event — соревнование; companies fighting for customers — конкуренция.

Между кафе на этой улице большая конкуренция.

There is a lot of competition between cafés on this street.

Завтра в школе соревнование по футболу.

Tomorrow there's a football competition at school.

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  1. Our team entered the competition last week.

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    Наша команда участвовала в соревновании на прошлой неделе.

  2. Our school won the competition last year.

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    Наша школа выиграла соревнование в прошлом году.

соревнование synonyms

Related word breakdowns

What's the difference between соревнование, состязание, and турнир

С
🇷🇺Russian
состязание

Same meaning, more bookish.

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Т
🇷🇺Russian
турнир

A series of games to find a winner.

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соревнование meaning: what does it mean?

a contest between people or groups

соревнование pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?

соревнование is pronounced as [sərʲɪvnɐˈvanʲɪjə]. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

соревнование definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?

Our team entered the competition last week. Translation: Наша команда участвовала в соревновании на прошлой неделе.

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