competition

com·pe·ti·tion

noun \ˌkäm-pə-ˈti-shən\

Definition of COMPETITION

1

: the act or process of competing : rivalry: as

a : the effort of two or more parties acting independently to secure the business of a third party by offering the most favorable terms

b : active demand by two or more organisms or kinds of organisms for some environmental resource in short supply

2

: a contest between rivals; also : one's competitors <faced tough competition>

Examples of COMPETITION

1. Prices are lower when there is competition among the stores.
2. Don't let the competition know our trade secrets.
3. 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

Near Antonyms

concord, harmony, peace

Other General Sports Terms

kegler, mulligan, rappel, turkey

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