competition

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers

   business competition can be fiendish at times

2. 2
   noun

   The action of competing.

   The competition for this job is strong.

3. 3
   noun

   A contest for a prize or award.

   The newspaper is featuring a competition to win a car.

4. 4
   noun

   The competitors in such a contest.

   The new stain remover was ten times more effective than the competition.

5. 5
   noun

   the act of competing as for profit or a prize

6. 6
   noun

   an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

7. 7
   noun

   the contestant you hope to defeat

Etymology

Borrowed from French compétition, from Late Latin competītiō, competītiōnem, from Latin competō, from con- + petō. By surface analysis, compete + -ition.