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1. (n.) competition
the act of competing; rivalry for supremacy, a prize, etc.:
competition between two teams.
2. competition
a contest for some prize, honor, or advantage:
to enter a competition.
3. competition
the rivalry offered by a competitor:
small businesses getting competition from the chain stores.
4. competition
a competitor or competitors.
5. competition
the struggle among organisms, both of the same and of different species, for food, space, and other vital requirements.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < LL competītiō=competī-, var. s. of competere to meet, come together (see compete ) +-tiō-tion ; sense influenced by competitor)
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| Definition of 'competition' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) competition
a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers
"business competition can be fiendish at times"
2. (noun) contest, competition
an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
3. (noun) competition, contention, rivalry
the act of competing as for profit or a prize
"the teams were in fierce contention for first place"
4. (noun) rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender
the contestant you hope to defeat
"he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
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1. (noun) competition
a situation or state of competing
a competition between/among companies for the market share; the competition for the top jobs
2. competition
a situation in which people all do sth to see who is better
He entered the video competition.; to win a competition
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| Definition of 'competition' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) competition
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
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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competition
1. The struggle for a cake of ice in hell.
2. The life of trade, and the death of the trader.
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Sense: the act of competing; rivalry
Competition makes children try harder.
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 Afrikaans: meedinging, wedywering |
 Arabic: مُنافَسَه |
 Bulgarian: съревнование |
 Brazilian: competição |
 Czech: soutěžení |
 German: der Wettkampf |
 Danish: konkurrence |
 Greek: συναγωνισμός, ανταγωνισμό |
 Spanish: competición |
 Estonian: võistlus |
 Farsi: رقابت |
 Finnish: kilpailu |
 French: rivalité |
 Hebrew: תַחֲרוּת |
 Hindi: स्पर्धा |
 Croatian: natjecanje |
 Hungarian: versengés; verseny |
 Indonesian: persaingan |
 Icelandic: keppni |
 Italian: competizione |
 Japanese: 競争 |
 Korean: 경쟁 |
 Lithuanian: rungtyniavimas, konkurenc |
 Latvian: sacensība; konkurence |
 Malay: pertandingan |
 Dutch: wedijver |
 Norwegian: konkurranse, tevling (mel |
 Polish: współzawodnictwo |
 Persian: رقابت |
 Pashto: رقابت |
 Portuguese: competição |
 Romanian: concurenţă |
 Russian: соревнование |
 Slovak: súťaženie |
 Slovenian: tekmovanje, rivalstvo |
 Serbian: konkurencija |
 Swedish: konkurrens, tävlan |
 Thai: กิจกรรมการแข่งขัน |
 Turkish: yarışma, rekabet |
 Taiwanese: 競爭 |
 Ukrainian: змагання; конкуренція |
 Urdu: مقابلہ ، مسابقہ |
 Vietnamese: sự cạnh tranh |
 Chinese: 竞争 |
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