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rivalry
contest, conflict
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contest
conflict, sport
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contention
contest, rivalry
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match
contest, sport
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game
contest, athletic event
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tournament
contest, sport
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rival
competitor, person
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competitor
person, conflict
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struggle
conflict, rivalry
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event
tournament, tourney
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race
event, conflict
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bout
match, athletic event
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meet
sport, event
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strife
rivalry
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contender
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opposition
rivalry, enemy
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conflict
rivalry
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meeting
sport
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challenger
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championship
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contestant
competitor, person
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battle
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clash
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trial
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opponent
competitor, person
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emulation
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fight
bout
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war
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sport
athletic event
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striving
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compete, competitor, competitive, competitiveness, competing, competitively, competed
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1 contention, contest, emulation, one-upmanship (informal) opposition, rivalry, strife, struggle
2 championship, contest, event, head-to-head, puzzle, quiz, tournament
3 challengers, field, opposition, rivals
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus
competition
( competitions plural )
1 n-uncount Competition is a situation in which two or more people or groups are trying to get something which not everyone can have.
usu with supp, oft adj N, N prep
There’s been some fierce competition for the title…, It was in these studios that young painters found the support and stimulating competition of peers.
2 n-sing Thecompetition is the person or people you are competing with.
usu the N
I have to change my approach, the competition is too good now.
3 n-uncount Competition is an activity involving two or more firms, in which each firm tries to get people to buy its own goods in preference to the other firms’ goods.
usu with supp, oft adj N, N prep
The deal would have reduced competition in the commuter-aircraft market…, Clothing stores also face heavy competition from factory outlets.
4 n-uncount The competition is the goods that a rival organization is selling.
The American aerospace industry has been challenged by some stiff competition.
5 n-var A competition is an event in which many people take part in order to find out who is best at a particular activity.
…a surfing competition…, He will be banned from international competition for four years.
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frontrunner |
n. |
a leader in a race or competition |
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winner’s curse |
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(in an auction, negotiation or other business competition) the situation in which the winning party has overrated the pursued object |
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be ahead of the game |
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be more successful than others in a competitive situation or do things in advance in order to succeed in a competition. |
That basketball team was ahead of the game that is why they won! |
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adversary, antagonist, bout, challenger, combat, en.synonym.one, competitor, conflict, contender, contention, contest, contestant, discord, disputant, dissension, enemy, event, foe, game, marketing, match, meet, meeting, opponent, opposition, race, en.synonym.one, ring, rival, rivality, rivalry, sport, strife, striving, struggle, tournament, trial, vying.
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WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.3 / 3 votes
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competitionnoun
The action of competing.
The competition for this job is strong.
Antonyms:
cooperation
English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes
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competition
Aspiration is the desire for excellence, pure and simple. Ambition, literally a going around to solicit votes, has primary reference to the award or approval of others, and is the eager desire of power, fame, or something deemed great and eminent, and viewed as a worthy prize. The prizes of aspiration are virtue, nobility, skill, or other high qualities. The prizes of ambition are advancement, fame, honor, and the like. There is a noble and wise or an ignoble, selfish, and harmful ambition. Emulation is not so much to win any excellence or success for itself as to equal or surpass other persons. There is such a thing as a noble emulation, when those we would equal or surpass are noble, and the means we would use worthy. But, at the highest, emulation is inferior as a motive to aspiration, which seeks the high quality or character for its own sake, not with reference to another. Competition is the striving for something that is sought by another at the same time. Emulation regards the abstract, competition the concrete; rivalry is the same in essential meaning with competition, but differs in the nature of the objects contested for, which, in the case of rivalry, are usually of the nobler sort and less subject to direct gaging, measurement, and rule. We speak of competition in business, emulation in scholarship, rivalry in love, politics, etc.; emulation of excellence, success, achievement; competition for a prize; rivalry between persons or nations. Competition may be friendly, rivalry is commonly hostile. Opposition is becoming a frequent substitute for competition in business language; it implies that the competitor is an opponent and hinderer.
Synonyms:
ambition, aspiration, emulation, opposition, rivalryAntonyms:
carelessness, contentment, humility, indifference, satisfaction
Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:2.3 / 4 votes
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competitionnoun
a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers
«business competition can be fiendish at times»
Synonyms:
contention, contest, competitor, challenger, rivalry, rival, contenderAntonyms:
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contest, competitionnoun
an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
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competitor, contender, rival, rivalry, contention, challenger, contestAntonyms:
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competition, contention, rivalrynoun
the act of competing as for profit or a prize
«the teams were in fierce contention for first place»
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rival, contestation, competitor, disceptation, disputation, contender, rivalry, argument, arguing, contention, challenger, contest, tilt, controversyAntonyms:
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rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contendernoun
the contestant you hope to defeat
«he had respect for his rivals»; «he wanted to know what the competition was doing»
Synonyms:
rival, competitor, contender, contention, rivalry, challenger, contestAntonyms:
cooperation
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List of paraphrases for «competition»:
competitions, competitive, contest, competitiveness, competence, compete, rivalry, rival, wettbewerb, jurisdiction, competitors, contests, competitor, competing, concurrence, race, tournament, pageant, moot, assistance, maximum
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Andy Josuweit:
There’s a lot of competition and a lot of money flowing in.
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Marta Karolyi:
I’m hoping Gabby Douglas will be really eager to prove Gabby Douglas in this competition, everyone is under pressure here and certainly Gabby Douglas is.
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Television Debra Birnbaum:
There’s no way he could live up to his predecessor, Jon Stewart, he’s been trying to find his own voice, stepping out from behind the desk, and experimenting with ways to inject himself into this unprecedented election season, but he’s getting drowned by the competition who are bringing a sharper perspective.
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Jason Case:
Be mentally prepared for anything. Traveling is the most draining aspect. Most of the time is spent at airports, bus terminals, and train stations. But it is not always aired. The challenges are fun because they make the time go by fast, the adrenaline is pumping and that’s what you look forward to most — the actual competition.
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Murray Aitken:
We’re in for a period of intense competition among alternative treatments, which is a different dynamic than we’ve seen in the past where the progress has been a little slower and individual drugs had a little more time.
Translations for competition
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- kompetisieAfrikaans
- منافسةArabic
- съперничество, съревнование, конкуренция, състезаниеBulgarian
- competència, competicióCatalan, Valencian
- soupeření, konkurence, soutěž, konkurováníCzech
- konkurrenceDanish
- Wettbewerb, KonkurrenzGerman
- ɖikekeEwe
- ανταγωνισμός, συναγωνισμός, διαγωνισμόςGreek
- konkursoEsperanto
- competición, competenciaSpanish
- võistlusEstonian
- رقابتPersian
- kilpailu, kisaFinnish
- concours, compétition, concurrenceFrench
- kompetysjeWestern Frisian
- iomaidhIrish
- תחרותHebrew
- प्रतिस्पर्धा, प्रतियोगिताHindi
- verseny, versengésHungarian
- մրցակցություն, մրցույթArmenian
- concorso, competizione, gara, concorrenzaItalian
- 競争, 大会, コンペ, コンテスト, コンクールJapanese
- შეჯიბრიGeorgian
- 경진 대회, 競爭, 경쟁, 경쟁 시험, 경기Korean
- sîbaq, pêşbirk, hevrikî, riberiz, reqabet, berêkane, misabiqe, pêşbazî, hawirkanKurdish
- натпревар, конкуренција, наптреварMacedonian
- മത്സരംMalayalam
- persaingan, pertandinganMalay
- toernooi, concurrentie, competitieDutch
- konkurs, zawody, rywalizacjaPolish
- competição, concurso, concorrênciaPortuguese
- competiție, concurență, concursRomanian
- состязание, конкурс, конкуренция, соревнование, соперничествоRussian
- súťažSlovak
- tävling, konkurrensSwedish
- పోటీచేయు, పోటీ, పందెముTelugu
- مقابلہUrdu
- cuộc thi, cạnh tranhVietnamese
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- championship
- clash
- event
- fight
- game
- match
- meeting
- race
- rivalry
- sport
- struggle
- tournament
- trial
- antagonism
- bout
- candidacy
- contention
- controversy
- counteraction
- emulation
- encounter
- engagement
- jungle
- matchup
- opposition
- puzzle
- quiz
- racing
- run
- strife
- striving
- tilt
- tug-of-war
- warfare
- athletic event
- concours
- do-or-die
- dog-eat-dog
- go for it
- go for the gold
- horse race
- one-on-one
- one-upping
- pairing off
- rat race
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How to use competition in a sentence
Apple has also faced government investigations into its aggressive efforts to minimize its corporate taxes and complaints that it has abused control of its app store to charge excessive fees and stifle competition to its own digital services.
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO COMPETITION
- animosity
- animus
- antipathy
- antithesis
- clashing
- competition
- conflict
- contention
- contradistinction
- contrariety
- difference
- disagreement
- discord
- dissension
- enmity
- friction
- hatred
- hostility
- incongruity
- opposition
- oppugnancy
- rancor
- resistance
- rivalry
- bat
- battle
- boxing match
- competition
- contest
- encounter
- engagement
- go
- match
- round
- set-to
- struggle
- bats
- battles
- boxing matches
- competitions
- contests
- encounters
- engagements
- go
- matches
- rounds
- set-tos
- struggles
- application
- candidateship
- competition
- nomination
- offer
- preparedness
- readiness
- running for office
- commercialism
- competition
- democracy
- free enterprise
- free market
- industrialism
- laissez faire economics
- mercantilism
- private enterprise
- adversary
- antagonist
- challenger
- competition
- contestant
- corival
- dark horse
- emulator
- favorite
- opponent
- opposition
- rival
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