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

Unsurprisingly, Madrid have played the most games in the competition’s history — 99 more than any other club. —Will Jeanes, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025

After taking a break in 2023 to find a new partner, Aubree officially returned to the competition floor in May 2025. —Emily Blackwood, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025

And White Photo Awards 2025 For the first time, the competition introduced a ‘Runner-up Award’ claimed by Mark Seawell for Where the Shadows Lie. —Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025

In an ideal world, taking some of the focus off the money and onto the competition would go a long way to improving the ending of the PGA Tour season. —Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for the competition

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