competition

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An organized event where people try to win by being the best.

   The newspaper is running a competition to win a car.

2. 2
   noun

   A situation in which people or companies try to be more successful than one another.

   There is strong competition for this job.

3. 3
   noun

   The people or companies you are competing against; your rivals.

   The new stain remover was far better than the competition.

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

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