"competition" in the noun sense
1. competition
a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers
"business competition can be fiendish at times"
2. contest, competition
an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
3. competition, contention, rivalry
the act of competing as for profit or a prize
"the teams were in fierce contention for first place"
4. rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender
the contestant you hope to defeat
"he had respect for his rivals"
"he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
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