collocation (verb phrase) · neutral

take part in competitions

UK/teɪk pɑːt ɪn kəmˈpetɪʃənz/US/teɪk pɑːrt ɪn kəmˈpɛtɪʃənz/take PART in com·PE·ti·tions

Band 6-7speakingtask2

to join contests or matches where you compete against others

Examples

“She plans to take part in competitions next season to gain experience.”

“Many amateur athletes take part in competitions on weekends.”

“Local schools encourage students to take part in competitions.”

Band 8 sentence

“Although I rarely compete at a national level, I frequently take part in local competitions to test my progress.”

Collocations

  • enter a competition
  • compete in a competition
  • local/national competitions

Word family

take part (in) verbtake part (noun: participation) nouncompetition nouncompetitor noun

Common mistakes

join competitions→take part in competitions

join to competition→take part in competitions

Say it for a higher band

5join competitions→6compete in competitions→7+take part in competitions

Synonyms

compete

participate

Easily confused

compete / participate

“Many students participate in university sports without aiming to compete.”

Related words

work out at the gymkeep fitgo for a runteam sporttake up a sportwarm-up exercisescardiovascular healthelite athletes

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