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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Competition to the crown there is none, nor can be.
                                                    --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           A portrait, with which one of Titian's could not come
           in competition.                          --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           There is no competition but for the second place.
                                                    --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           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.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


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

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  competition
     Αγγλικά n.
     ανταγωνισμός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  competition
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The action of compete.
     2 (lb en countable) A contest for a prize or award.
     3 (lb en uncountable collectively) The competitors in such a
  contest.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  competition
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The action of compete.
     2 (lb en countable) A contest for a prize or award.
     3 (lb en uncountable collectively) The competitors in such a
  contest.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  competition
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The action of compete.
     2 (lb en countable) A contest for a prize or award.
     3 (lb en uncountable collectively) The competitors in such a
  contest.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  competition
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The action of compete.
     2 (lb en countable) A contest for a prize or award.
     3 (lb en uncountable collectively) The competitors in such a
  contest.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  competition
     Englanti n.
     1 kilpailu
     2 (yhteys liiketalous k=en) kilpailu

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  competition
     Engelska n.
     1 tävling
     2 konkurrens

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  competition /kˌɒmpətˈɪʃən/
  kompetisie, wedstryd

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Competition /kˌɒmpətˈɪʃən/
  المنافسة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  competition //ˌkɑːmpəˈtɪʃən// //ˌkɒmpəˈtɪʃən// 
  1. конкуре́нция, съпе́рничество
  action of competing
  2. надпрева́ра, съревнова́ние, състеза́ние
  contest for a prize or award