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 World Baseball Classic is already underway, but the competition truly ramps up this weekend with pool play beginning in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Miami; and Houston. —Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 6 Mar. 2026

The World Baseball Classic is underway and a whopping 14 players from the Royals organization are taking part in the competition. —Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026

The injury to infielder Cody Freeman, who will miss most of spring training with a stress reaction in his lower back, does impact the competition and may have cleared the way for Smith to capture it with ease. —Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026

Expect the competition to be wide-ranging at center this summer if the Panthers go the draft route over free agency. —Mike Kaye updated March 5, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for the competition

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