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com⋅pe⋅ti⋅tion
[kom-pi-tish-uh
n] 
–noun
| 1. | the act of competing; rivalry for supremacy, a prize, etc.: The competition between the two teams was bitter. |
| 2. | a contest for some prize, honor, or advantage: Both girls entered the competition. |
| 3. | the rivalry offered by a competitor: The small merchant gets powerful competition from the chain stores. |
| 4. | a competitor or competitors: What is your competition offering? |
| 5. | Sociology. rivalry between two or more persons or groups for an object desired in common, usually resulting in a victor and a loser but not necessarily involving the destruction of the latter. |
| 6. | Ecology. the struggle among organisms, both of the same and of different species, for food, space, and other vital requirements. |
Origin:
1595–1605; < LL competītiōn- (s. of competītiō), equiv. to competīt(us) (ptp. of competere to meet, come together) + -iōn- -ion; sense influenced by competitor
1595–1605; < LL competītiōn- (s. of competītiō), equiv. to competīt(us) (ptp. of competere to meet, come together) + -iōn- -ion; sense influenced by competitor
Synonyms:
1. emulation. 2. struggle.
1. emulation. 2. struggle.
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Competition
Com`pe*ti"tion\, n. [L. competition. See Compete.] 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. Competition to the crown there is none, nor can be. --Bacon. A portrait, with which one of Titian's could not come in competition. --Dryden. There is no competition but for the second place. --Dryden. Where competition does not act at all there is complete monopoly. --A. T. Hadley. Syn: Emulation; rivalry; rivalship; contest; struggle; contention; opposition; jealousy. See Emulation.
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Language Translation for : competition
Spanish:
competición,
German:
der Wettkampf,
Japanese:
競争
competition com·pe·ti·tion (kŏm'pĭ-tĭsh'ən)
n.
- The process by which the activity or presence of one substance interferes with or suppresses the activity of another substance with similar affinities, as of antigens.
- The simultaneous demand by two or more organisms for limited environmental resources.
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| competition (kŏm'pĭ-tĭsh'ən) Pronunciation Key
The simultaneous demand by two or more organisms for limited environmental resources, such as nutrients, living space, or light. |
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competition
in ecology, utilization of the same resources by organisms of the same or of different species living together in a community, when the resources are not sufficient to fill the needs of all the organisms
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