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Webster 1913 Edition
Competition
Comˊpe-ti′tion
,Noun.
[L.
competition
. See Compete
.] The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; – followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with.
Competition
to the crown there is none, nor can be. Bacon.
A portrait, with which one of Titian’s could not come in
competition
. Dryden.
There is no
competition
but for the second place. Dryden.
Syn. – Emulation; rivalry; rivalship; contest; struggle; contention; opposition; jealousy. See
Emulation
. Webster 1828 Edition
Competition
COMPETITION
, n.1.
The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain, at the same time; rivalry; mutual strife for the same object; also, strife for superiority; as the competition of two candidates for an office, or of two poets for superior reputation.2.
A state of rivalship; a state of having equal claims.A portrait, with which one of Titians could not come in competition.
3.
Double claim; claim of more than one to the same thing; formerly with to, now with for.Competition to the crown there is none nor can be.
There is no competition but for the second place.
Definition 2024
competition
competition
See also: compétition
English
Noun
competition (countable and uncountable, plural competitions)
- (uncountable) The action of competing.
- The competition for this job is strong.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 8, in The Celebrity:
- The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; […] . Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition.
- (countable) A contest for a prize or award.
- The newspaper is featuring a competition to win a car.
- (uncountable, collectively) The competitors in such a contest.
- The new stain remover was ten times more effective than the competition.
Antonyms
- (action of competing): cooperation
Derived terms
- competitioner
- economic competition
Related terms
Translations
action of competing
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contest for a prize or award
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