competition

noun

com·pe·ti·tion | \ ˌkäm-pə-ˈti-shən

Definition of competition

1 : the act or process of competing : rivalry: such 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 contractors in competition for the contract to build the new school

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

2 : a contest between rivals a gymnastics competition also : one's competitors faced tough competition

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Examples of competition in a Sentence

Prices are lower when there is competition among the stores. Don't let the competition know our trade secrets. They had a competition to see who could sell the most lemonade.

Recent Examples on the Web Minor won the essay competition as a freshman in high school. — Laura Latzko, The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2022 Utah fans should have reason to be very excited because, for the first time in Rising’s career, there is not even a hint of a spring/summer quarterback competition. — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Jan. 2022 The home won the competition in 2019 by earning the highest appraisal of the season: $1.02 million. — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 12 Jan. 2022 The big news is that the A.I. system that won the competition didn’t use a many-layered neural network. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2022 The Nethertons plan to give away the trailer in a competition inspired by the Great Food Truck Race reality show. — Keith Sharon, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2022 The showtakes the small social falsehoods of daily life and turns them into a competition. — Sallie Tisdale, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2022 The United Kingdom will celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne with a military parade, neighborhood parties and a competition to create a new dessert for the Platinum Jubilee, Buckingham Palace said Monday. — Danica Kirka, ajc, 10 Jan. 2022 To kick things off, the country will dedicate a new dessert to their 95-year-old monarch after a nationwide cooking competition. — Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2022

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competition

noun

English Language Learners Definition of competition

: the act or process of trying to get or win something (such as a prize or a higher level of success) that someone else is also trying to get or win : the act or process of competing

: actions that are done by people, companies, etc., that are competing against each other

: a person or group that you are trying to succeed against : a person or group that you are competing with

See the full definition for competition in the English Language Learners Dictionary

competition

noun

com·pe·ti·tion | \ ˌkäm-pə-ˈti-shən