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competition
(redirected from Competitions)

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com·pe·ti·tion  (kmp-tshn)
n.
1. The act of competing, as for profit or a prize; rivalry.
2. A test of skill or ability; a contest: a skating competition.
3. Rivalry between two or more businesses striving for the same customer or market.
4. A competitor: The competition has cornered the market.
5. Ecology The simultaneous demand by two or more organisms for limited environmental resources, such as nutrients, living space, or light.

competition
Noun
1. the act of competing; rivalry: competition for places was keen
2. an event in which people compete
3. the opposition offered by competitors
4. people against whom one competes

competition  (kmp-tshn)
The simultaneous demand by two or more organisms for limited environmental resources, such as nutrients, living space, or light.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.competitioncompetition - a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers; "business competition can be fiendish at times"
business relation - a relation between different business enterprises
price competition, price war - intense competition in which competitors cut retail prices to gain business
2.competitioncompetition - an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours"
social event - an event characteristic of persons forming groups
athletic competition, athletic contest, athletics - a contest between athletes
bout - a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers)
championship - a competition at which a champion is chosen
chicken - a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops
cliffhanger - a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end
dogfight - a fiercely disputed contest; "their rancor dated from a political dogfight between them"; "a real dogfight for third place"; "a prolonged dogfight over their rival bids for the contract"
race - a contest of speed; "the race is to the swift"
tournament, tourney - a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
playoff - any final competition to determine a championship
series - (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams; "the visiting team swept the series"
field trial - a contest between gun dogs to determine their proficiency in pointing and retrieving
match - a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete
tournament - a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize
race - any competition; "the race for the presidency"
spelldown, spelling bee, spelling contest - a contest in which you are eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctly
trial - (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications; "the trials for the semifinals began yesterday"
3.competitioncompetition - the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"
group action - action taken by a group of people
contest - a struggle between rivals
cooperation - joint operation or action; "their cooperation with us was essential for the success of our mission"
4.competitioncompetition - the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
contestant - a person who participates in competitions
champ, champion, title-holder - someone who has won first place in a competition
comer - someone with a promising future
finalist - a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition
foe, enemy - a personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years"
favourite, front-runner, favorite - a competitor thought likely to win
world-beater, king, queen - a competitor who holds a preeminent position
runner-up, second best - the competitor who finishes second
scratch - a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
semifinalist - one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination
street fighter - a contestant who is very aggressive and willing to use underhand methods
tier - any one of two or more competitors who tie one another
tilter - someone who engages in a tilt or joust

competition
noun 2. opposition, field, rivals, challengers
Translations
competition [kɔmpɪˈtɪʃən] n (= contest) → concurso;
(SPORT) → competición f;
(ECON) (= rivalry); competencia;
in competition with → en competencia con

competition [kɔmpɪˈtɪʃən] n (= contest) → compétition f, concours m;
(Econ) → concurrence f;
in competition with → en concurrence avec

competition [kɔmpɪˈtɪʃən] nKonkurrenz f;
(contest) → Wettbewerb m;
in competition with → im Wettbewerb mit

competition [kɔmpɪˈtɪʃən] ngara, concorso;
(SPORT) → gara;
(ECON) → concorrenza;
in competition with → in concorrenza con

competition, competitive, competitor compete


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