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competition

Definition

  • noun: the act or process of trying to get or win something (such as a prize or a higher level of success) that someone else is also trying to get or win
  • noun: the act or process of 'competing'
  • often + 'from'
  • synonyms: rivalry, jealousy, struggle

Examples

  • The school fosters an atmosphere of 'competition' rather than cooperation. [=it encourages students to compete against each other instead of work together]

  • Downtown stores are looking for new ways to attract customers in the face of 'competition from' the stores at the mall.

  • There will be intense/fierce 'competition' for the top spots. [=many people will be trying to get the top spots]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) "Area -ing" the place. Jane. We had a stable gravitation anomaly. We had unimpeded access. Our only competition was ten years old! Jane! You were gone for five hours. What? (THUNDER RUMBLING) (..)
    2013 Thor: The Dark World