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- конкурентkonkurentcompetitor (business)
“конкурент” (konkurent) — competitor (business) in Ukrainian. Noun, level B1. International. Competition is konkurentsiia, while a rival in sport is a supernyk — a different word from a different family. In a live sentence: “Конкурент знизив ціни” (Konkurent znyzyv tsiny) — Our biggest competitor lowered its prices. Written with the characters к, о (o), н, к, у (U), р, е, н, т. A word from the everyday Ukrainian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | конкурент (konkurent) |
| Read in Latin letters | konkurent |
| Translation | competitor (business) |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
International. Competition is konkurentsiia, while a rival in sport is a supernyk — a different word from a different family.
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Конкурент знизив ціниKonkurent znyzyv tsinyOur biggest competitor lowered its prices
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “competitor (business)” in Ukrainian?
«конкурент» (konkurent), read “konkurent”. In a live sentence: “Конкурент знизив ціни” (Konkurent znyzyv tsiny) — Our biggest competitor lowered its prices. Noun, level B1; written with the characters к, о (o), н, к, у (U), р, е, н, т.
How is “конкурент” (konkurent) written in Latin letters?
konkurent. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
International. Competition is konkurentsiia, while a rival in sport is a supernyk — a different word from a different family. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.