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competition definition

com·pe·ti·tion (käm′pə tis̸h′ən)

noun

  1. the act of competing; rivalry
  2. a contest, or match
  3. official participation in organized sport
  4. opposition, or effective opposition, in a contest or match
  5. rivalry in business, as for customers or markets
  6. the person or persons against whom one competes
  7. Ecol. the struggle among individual organisms for food, water, space, etc. when the available supply is limited

Etymology: L competitio

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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