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

Center: Can Mays or Corbett separate themselves in the competition? Austin Corbett and Cade Mays are locked in on their center battle. —Mike Kaye august 5, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2025

And yes, the secret weapon could put you—or your business—light years ahead of the competition. —Steve Taplin, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025

Winocour, who won the special jury prize at San Sebastián with Proxima in 2019, will return to the competition with her fifth film, Couture, a French American co-production starring Angelina Jolie and Louis Garrel set in the fashion world. —Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025

Those two injuries left Joe Flacco and Dillon Gabriel as the two fully healthy quarterbacks in the competition. —Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for the competition

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