Antonyms for concours
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : French kawn-koor; English kong-koo r |
| Phonetic Transcription : French kɔ̃ˈkur; English kɒŋˈkʊər |
Definition of concours
Origin :- from French concours (16c.) "assemblage of things brought together," also "contest" (see concourse). Usually in English in phrase concours d'elegance.
- As in competition : noun contest
- As in conflict : noun disagreement, discord
- As in contest : noun competition
- And then it is only every four years that there is a 'concours' for admission.
- Extract from : « Conscience, Complete » by Hector Malot
- But, wicked as Caffie may be, I believe that I shall accept the concours that he offered me.
- Extract from : « Conscience, Complete » by Hector Malot
- One morning we went to the Concours de Violons at the Conservatoire.
- Extract from : « The Spell of Belgium » by Isabel Anderson
- In 1809, the concours of Ypres celebrated a hero of the country.
- Extract from : « The Spell of Belgium » by Isabel Anderson
- The events which attracted the greatest interest were the Concours daddresse, and the pig-sticking.
- Extract from : « Castles and Chateaux of Old Navarre and the Basque Provinces » by Francis Miltoun
- You will see him ride better than any one else in the jumping contests at the Concours Hippique at Scheveningen.
- Extract from : « The Chauffeur and the Chaperon » by C. N. Williamson
- In his eighteenth year he carried off the prize at the Concours with his model of Milo of Crotona.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 » by Various
- I have a life-drawing “on the wall,” a composition sketch, and a “concours” study in oil.
- Extract from : « The Dark Star » by Robert W. Chambers
- Saniel passed the first proofs of his two 'concours' so brilliantly that the results of either were not doubtful.
- Extract from : « Conscience, Complete » by Hector Malot
- A jury of children has been empanelled in Paris to decide which of the toys exhibited at the Concours Lupine is the most amusing.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, September 29th, 1920 » by Various
Synonyms for concours
- affray
- animosity
- antagonism
- athletic event
- bad blood
- bout
- brush
- candidacy
- challenge
- championship
- clash
- competition
- concours
- contention
- contest
- controversy
- counteraction
- dance
- difference
- disaccord
- discussion
- dispute
- dissension
- dissent
- dissidence
- disunity
- divided loyalties
- do or die
- dog eat dog
- emulation
- encounter
- engagement
- event
- faction
- factionalism
- fight
- flap
- fray
- friction
- fuss
- game
- go for it
- go for the gold
- hassle
- horse race
- hostility
- interference
- jungle
- match
- matchup
- meet
- meeting
- one on one
- one-upping
- opposition
- pairing off
- proving
- puzzle
- quiz
- race
- racing
- rat race
- rencounter
- rivalry
- row
- ruckus
- run
- run-in
- set-to
- sport
- strife
- striving
- struggle
- testing
- tilt
- tournament
- trial
- trying
- tug-of-war
- variance
- warfare
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