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   competition

   /ˌkɒmpɪˈtɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the activity or condition of striving to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others: "there is fierce competition between banks" Similar rivalrycompetitivenessvyingcontestingoppositioncontentionconflictfeudingbattlingfightingstrugglingstrifewarinformal:keeping up with the Joneses
   • ▪ an event or contest in which people take part in order to establish superiority or supremacy in a particular area: "a beauty competition" Similar contesttournamentmatchgameroundheatfixtureeventmeetencounterraceboutfightprize fightquiztrialsstakesclash
   • ▪ the person or people over whom one is attempting to establish one's supremacy or superiority; the opposition: "I walked round to check out the competition" Similar oppositionopposing sideother sideother teamfieldenemyfoechallengersopponentsrivalsopposersadversariesfellow contendersfellow competitorsrare:corrivals
   • ▪ interaction between animal or plant species, or individual organisms, that are attempting to gain a share of a limited environmental resource: "competition with ungulates or condylarths appears to have been the undoing of marsupials in North America"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from late Latin competitio(n-) ‘rivalry’, from competere ‘strive for’ (see compete).

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