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Competition Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Competition? [n] the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place" [n] an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants [n] the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" [n] a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers; "business competition can be fiendish at times" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Competition: challenger \| competitor \| contender \| contention \| contest \| rival \| rivalry Related Terms \| Find terms related to Competition: antagonism \| antipathy \| bad blood \| championship \| clashing \| collision \| competitor \| concours \| conflict \| contention \| contest \| contrariety \| contrariness \| corrival \| cross-purposes \| cutthroat competition \| disaccord \| dissension \| emulation \| enmity \| event \| fractiousness \| friction \| game \| gamesmanship \| hostility \| inimicalness \| jockeying \| lifemanship \| match \| meet \| meeting \| negativeness \| noncooperation \| obstinacy \| one-upmanship \| oppugnancy \| perverseness \| recalcitrance \| refractoriness \| rencontre \| repugnance \| rivalry \| strife \| striving \| struggle \| tournament \| tug-of-war \| uncooperativeness \| vying \| warfare See Also \| athletic competition \| athletic contest \| athletics \| business relation \| champ \| champion \| chicken \| cliffhanger \| comer \| contest \| contestant \| enemy \| favorite \| favourite \| field trial \| finalist \| foe \| front-runner \| game \| group action \| king \| match \| playoff \| price competition \| price war \| queen \| race \| runner-up \| second best \| semifinalist \| series \| social event \| spelldown \| spelling bee \| spelling contest \| street fighter \| tier \| tilter \| title-holder \| tournament \| tourney \| trial \| world-beater Competition In Webster's Dictionary \Com`pe*ti"tion\, n. [L. competition. See {Compete}.] 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. Competition to the crown there is none, nor can be. --Bacon. A portrait, with which one of Titian's could not come in competition. --Dryden. There is no competition but for the second place. --Dryden. Where competition does not act at all there is complete monopoly. --A. T. Hadley. Syn: Emulation; rivalry; rivalship; contest; struggle; contention; opposition; jealousy. See {Emulation}.

Competition Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Competition?

[n] the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"
[n] an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
[n] the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
[n] a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers; "business competition can be fiendish at times"

Competition In Webster's Dictionary

\Com`pe*ti"tion\, n. [L. competition. See
{Compete}.]
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.

      Competition to the crown there is none, nor can be.
                                               --Bacon.

      A portrait, with which one of Titian's could not come
      in competition.                          --Dryden.

      There is no competition but for the second place.
                                               --Dryden.

      Where competition does not act at all there is complete
      monopoly.                                --A. T.
                                               Hadley.

Syn: Emulation; rivalry; rivalship; contest; struggle;
     contention; opposition; jealousy. See {Emulation}.

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