the competition

noun

: a person or group that one is trying to succeed against : a person or group that one is competing with

He sized up the competition looking to see who his toughest opponent would likely be.

Don't let the competition know our trade secrets.

In my opinion, this restaurant has no competition. It's so much better that all the others.

Examples of the competition in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Atlas Lions are the lone African team left in the competition and are looking to stun the footballing world with a takedown blow of Didier Deschamps’ 2018 world champions in this revenge match. — David Hickey, NBC news, 8 July 2026

The only way to change this is to have new game publishers that are staffed by new, capable people, forcing the current slate of game publishers to step up to the competition. — Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

The Sharks have signed former New York Rangers defenseman Libor Hajek to a one-year, two-way contract, adding to the competition along the blue line for an NHL roster spot during training camp in September. — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 8 July 2026

Those were reasons why so many argued that Gonçalo Ramos should be given a starting spot, or at least more minutes throughout the competition. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

Rhymes for the competition

• academician
• cycloaddition
• decomposition
• diagnostician
• disinhibition
• indisposition
• interposition
• juxtaposition
• mathematician
• metacognition
• metaphysician
• neurotransmission