competition

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.

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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

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competition  (kmp-tshn)

The simultaneous demand by two or more organisms for limited environmental resources, such as nutrients, living space, or light.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	competition - 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.	competition - an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants contest 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.	competition - the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place" rivalry, contention 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.	competition - the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" challenger, competitor, contender, rival 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

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competition

noun 1. rivalry, opposition, struggle, contest, contention, strife, one-upmanship (informal)

noun 2. opposition, field, rivals, challengers

noun 3. contest, event, championship, tournament, head-to-head

Translations

competition [kɔmpɪˈtɪʃən] n (= contest) → concurso;

(SPORT) → competición f;

(ECON) (= rivalry); competencia;

in competition with → en competencia con

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competition [kɔmpɪˈtɪʃən] n (= contest) → compétition f, concours m;

(Econ) → concurrence f;

in competition with → en concurrence avec

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competition [kɔmpɪˈtɪʃən] n → Konkurrenz f;

(contest) → Wettbewerb m;

in competition with → im Wettbewerb mit

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competition [kɔmpɪˈtɪʃən] n → gara, concorso;

(SPORT) → gara;

(ECON) → concorrenza;

in competition with → in concorrenza con

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competition, competitive, competitor compete