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Definition of Competition

1. Noun. A business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers. "Business competition can be fiendish at times"

2. Noun. An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants.

3. Noun. The act of competing as for profit or a prize. "The teams were in fierce contention for first place"

4. Noun. The contestant you hope to defeat. "He wanted to know what the competition was doing"

Definition of Competition

1. n. The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with.

Definition of Competition

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Competition

1. A type of organism interaction which can be either between members of the same species or members of different species. The relationship occurs when commodities (like food, mates, shelters, etc.) are scarce and there are not enough to go around for all members which need them. In general, all involved members of the relationship are harmed by this interaction. (05 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Competition

competence competences competence hearing competencies competency competency competency-based education competent competently competent cell

competes competing competing(a) competing risk competition (current term) competition (current term) competitions competition hybridisation competitive competitively

competitiveness competitive antagonist competitive behaviour competitive bidding competitive binding assay competitive inhibition competitive medical plans competitor competitors competitory

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