competition
com·pe·ti·tion
noun \ˌkäm-pə-ˈti-shən\Definition of COMPETITION
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: a contest between rivals; also : one's competitors <faced tough competition>
See Examples of COMPETITION
- Prices are lower when there is competition among the stores.
- Don't let the competition know our trade secrets.
- They had a competition to see who could sell the most lemonade.
Origin of COMPETITION
Late Latin competition-, competitio, from Latin competere
First Known Use: 1579
Related to COMPETITION
Synonyms: bout, game, contest, event, match, matchup, meet, sweepstakes (also sweep-stake), tournament, tourney
Antonyms: noncompetitor
Related Words: athletics, sport; battle, conflict, scrimmage, skirmish, struggle, tug-of-war, tussle; championship, national(s); final, nightcap, play-off, semifinal; derby, field day, gymkhana, open, outing; biathlon, decathlon, heptathlon, pentathlon, triathlon; marathon, race, ultramarathon; heat, round, run, set; rally, volley; round-robin, rubber, runoff, sudden death; dead heat, photo finish, seesaw; classic
Rhymes with COMPETITION
acoustician, acquisition, admonition, aesthetician, air-condition, ammunition, apparition, apposition, coalition, co-edition, composition, cosmetician, decommission, decondition, definition, demolition, deposition, dietitian, disposition, disquisition, electrician, erudition, exhibition, expedition, exposition, extradition, first edition, imposition, in addition, inanition, in commission, inhibition, inquisition, intermission, intromission, intuition, linguistician, logistician, malnutrition, malposition, manumission, mathematician, mechanician, micturition, obstetrician, on commission, opposition, Ordovician, parturition, politician, precognition, precondition, premonition, preposition, proposition, recognition, recondition, repetition, requisition, rescue mission, rhetorician, self-ignition, statistician, submunition, superstition, supposition, text edition, trade edition, transposition
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