Competition
Com`pe`ti´tion
| n. | 1. | The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; - followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with. |
| Noun | 1. | competition - a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers; "business competition can be fiendish at times" |
| 2. | competition - an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants Synonyms: contest | |
| 3. |  competition - the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"Synonyms: rivalry, contention Antonyms: cooperation - joint operation or action; "their cooperation with us was essential for the success of our mission" | |
| 4. |  competition - the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" |