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competition

com·pe·ti·tion

UK/ˌkɒm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/ US/ˌkɑm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/ common

noun

1.

a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers

  • “business competition can be fiendish at times”
2.

an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

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3.

the act of competing as for profit or a prize

  • “the teams were in fierce contention for first place”
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4.

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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Origin

Borrowed from French compétition, from Late Latin competītiō, competītiōnem, from Latin competō, from con- + petō. By surface analysis, compete + -ition.

Phrases

  • competition caution
  • competition wallah
  • competition-based learning
  • contest competition
  • economic competition
  • in competition
  • interspecific competition
  • intraspecific competition

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