Competition - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌkɑːmpəˈtɪʃn|  American pronunciation of the word competition
Brit.  |kɒmpɪˈtɪʃ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word competition

noun

- a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers
business competition can be fiendish at times
- an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants (syn: contest)
- the act of competing as for profit or a prize (syn: contention, rivalry)
- the contestant you hope to defeat (syn: challenger, competitor, contender, rival)
he wanted to know what the competition was doing

Extra examples

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.

The place will be filled by open competition.

At least, it discouraged the competition.

Competition for the job was intense.

Sometimes there's a lot of competition between children for their mother's attention.

This price reduction is due to competition among suppliers.

There is fierce competition between the three leading soap manufacturers.

Government departments are in direct competition with each other for limited resources.

Small grocery stores are going out of business in the face of stiff competition from the large supermarket chains.

Going to trade fairs is an ideal opportunity to size up the competition.

Jones is certain to win the race; there's just no competition.

The team overcame fierce competition for their place in the finals.

Japanese PC makers now face foreign competition in their home market.

Word forms

noun
singular: competition
plural: competitions
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