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US
/ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən/
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[ UK /kˌɒmpətˈɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /kˌɒmpətˈɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
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the act of competing as for profit or a prize
the teams were in fierce contention for first place -
the contestant you hope to defeat
he had respect for his rivals
he wanted to know what the competition was doing -
a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers
business competition can be fiendish at times
How To Use competition In A Sentence
- Inhuman hours, back-stabbing competition, abuse by superiors; it's all familiar now.
- Also the competition (as it's not all that hard to play)'s prodigious, even at youth orchestra level, so, in addition to playing something which almost often simply sounds flutey, it's very hard to get anywhere.
- IHSB: The way to describe the first pro season for the most oddly named man alive (Allen Lorenz Pollock = A.J. Pollock?) is solid but unspectacular, which is disappointing given that the organization expected him to rip through Mid-A South Bend given that Midwest League Competition wasn't foreign to Pollock, given that Notre Dame plays an exhibition game against the SilverHawks at the beginning of each season. AZ Snakepit
- In town for the competition is Phil's arch rival and inveterate cheat Ray and his lovely American daughter Christina.
- Competition between siblings for resources is widespread in the broods of altricial birds.
- Life isn't a competition. It's a journey. If you spend that journey always trying to impress others, to outdo others, you're wasting your journey.
- Cheerful competition between strongmen is harmless enough in times of peace. Times, Sunday Times
- Apart from intense competition in the retail savings market, banks and building societies also compete strongly in the market for house finance.
- She soon made her first stage appearance and won second prize in a competition for the most photogenic young hopeful. Times, Sunday Times
- A study by the OECD and Mexico's Federal Competition Commission (CFC) found that 31% of Mexican household spending went on products supplied in monopolistic or highly oligopolistic markets.