COMPETITION
competition, contention, rivalry
(noun) the act of competing as for profit or a prize; “the teams were in fierce contention for first place”
contest, competition
(noun) an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender
(noun) the contestant you hope to defeat; “he had respect for his rivals”; “he wanted to know what the competition was doing”
competition
(noun) a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers; “business competition can be fiendish at times”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
competition (countable and uncountable, plural competitions)
(uncountable) The action of competing.
(countable) A contest for a prize or award.
(uncountable, collectively) The competitors in such a contest.
Antonyms
• (action of competing): cooperation
Source: Wiktionary
Com`pe*ti"tion, n. Etym: [L. competitio. See Conpete.]
Definition: The act of seeking, or endevearing 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
competititon. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition