Meaning of போட்டி in English

The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with.
Acting in competition; competing; rival.
A competitress.
Quarrel; contention; contest.
Contumely; reproach.
An assemblage; a collection; harmonious union.
To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.
To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.
To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.
To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with.
Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.
Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter.
The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute.
Proof by witness; attestation; testimony.
A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle.
An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a distinguished personage, or of the public; a show, spectacle, or display.
Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular.
To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.
Scenic shows or spectacles, taken collectively; spectacular quality; splendor.
A bank, shore, or coast.
A duty paid to the crown for the passage of vessels on certain rivers.
of Rival
A female rival.
Rivalry; competition.
Equality, as of right or rank.
The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition.
Rivalry.
A mock fight, or warlike game, formerly in great favor, in which a number of combatants were engaged, as an exhibition of their address and bravery; hence, figuratively, a real battle.
Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents for championship; as, a chess tournament.
A tournament.
To perform in tournaments; to tilt.