Collocations for competition - noun

international, national
major, prestigious
wines that won medals at major wine competitions

knockout
sporting (BrE), sports (AmE)
bodybuilding, dancing, piano, etc.

win
She won an international dancing competition.

lose
have, hold, launch, stage
We're going to have a competition to see who can swim the fastest.

organize
enter, take part in
withdraw from
dominate
The American women dominated the competition, winning all the events.

judge
sponsor

take place
be open to sb
The competition is open to all readers of the magazine.

winner
entry
committee

in a/the competition
I won the car in a competition.

competition between
a competition between the best teams in the country

competition for
a competition for the best chef

cut-throat, fierce, intense, keen, serious, severe, stiff, strong, tough
intense competition for the contract

growing, heightened, increased, increasing
direct
Public education is run in direct competition with the private sector.

head-to-head
There is head-to-head competition in production and distribution.

fair, free, healthy, open
unfair
friendly
Their rivalry had been one of friendly competition.

domestic, local
foreign, global, international, overseas
economic

be up against, face
go into
to go into competition with British Telecom

beat off, fight off, see off (BrE)
to fight off competition from overseas companies

create, encourage, foster, introduce, promote, provide, stimulate
policies aimed at fostering greater competition in the industry

increase, intensify
This intensified the competition for the same investors' funds.

limit, minimize, prevent, reduce, stifle
eliminate

exist
Fierce competition exists between schools in the area.

heat up, intensify
Competition is heating up and sales are shrinking.

laws

against competition
They won the order against fierce international competition.

in competition with
We are in competition with some very large companies.

in the face of competition
The gas companies are having to lay off staff in the face of stiff competition from oil.

competition among, competition between
There is a lot of competition between rival airlines.

competition for
competition from
We face strong competition from other countries.

outperform
This car consistently outperforms the competition.

blow away (esp. AmE), crush, destroy
Bertram blew away the competition and won the race in record time.