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- DictionaryCom·pe·ti·tion/ˌkämpəˈtiSHən/
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- 1. the activity or condition of competing: "there is fierce competition between banks" Similar rivalrycompetitivenessvyingcontestingoppositioncontentionconflictfeudingbattlingfightingstrugglingstrifewarinformal:keeping up with the Joneses
- ▪ an event or contest in which people compete: "a beauty competition" Similar contesttournamentmatchgameroundheatfixtureeventmeetencounterraceboutfightprize fightquiztrialsstakesclash
- ▪ the person or people with whom one is competing, especially in a commercial or sporting arena; the opposition: "I walked around to check out the competition" Similar oppositionopposing sideother sideother teamfieldenemyfoechallengersopponentsrivalsopposersadversariesfellow contendersfellow competitorsrare:corrivals
- ▪ interaction between organisms, populations, or species, in which birth, growth and death depend on gaining a share of a limited environmental resource: "competition with ungulates or condylarths appears to have been the undoing of marsupials in North America"
Word Origin early 17th century: from late Latin competitio(n-) ‘rivalry’, from competere ‘strive for’ (see compete).
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