 competition |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (business) a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers | |
| Examples: | "business competition can be fiendish at times" |
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| Related terms: | business_relation price_war | |
| 2. | [ noun ] an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants | |
| Synonyms: | contest | |
| Related terms: | social_event game series trial race race tournament match dogfight field_trial playoff tournament cliffhanger chicken spelling_bee athletic_contest | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the act of competing as for profit or a prize | |
| Synonyms: | rivalry contention | |
| Examples: | : "the teams were in fierce contention for first place" |
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| Related terms: | cooperation group_action contest rival | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (games) the contestant you hope to defeat | |
| Synonyms: | competitor rival contender challenger | |
| Examples: | "he had respect for his rivals" "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" |
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| Related terms: | contestant champion runner-up foe comer king street_fighter semifinalist front-runner tier finalist tilter compete rival | |
| Similar spelling: |
computation competitive competing computational competitor competitively competitory competent Comptonia competency competence compatriot competently confetti |
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