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COMPETITION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of competing as for profit or a prize
Example:
the teams were in fierce contention for first place
Synonyms:
competition; contention; rivalry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("competition" is a kind of...):
group action (action taken by a group of people)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "competition"):
contest (a struggle between rivals)
Antonym:
cooperation (joint operation or action)
Derivation:
compete (compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
Synonyms:
competition; contest
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("competition" is a kind of...):
social event (an event characteristic of persons forming groups)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "competition"):
trial ((sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications)
spelldown; spelling bee; spelling contest (a contest in which you are eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctly)
race (any competition)
tournament (a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize)
match (a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete)
field trial (a contest between gun dogs to determine their proficiency in pointing and retrieving)
series ((sports) several contests played successively by the same teams)
rubber (a contest consisting of a series of successive matches between the same sides)
playoff (any final competition to determine a championship)
tournament; tourney (a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner)
race (a contest of speed)
dogfight (a fiercely disputed contest)
cliffhanger (a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end)
chicken (a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops)
championship (a competition at which a champion is chosen)
bout (a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers))
athletic competition; athletic contest; athletics (a contest between athletes)
game (a single play of a sport or other contest)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The contestant you hope to defeat
Example:
he wanted to know what the competition was doing
Synonyms:
challenger; competition; competitor; contender; rival
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("competition" is a kind of...):
contestant (a person who participates in competitions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "competition"):
tilter (someone who engages in a tilt or joust)
tier (any one of two or more competitors who tie one another)
street fighter (a contestant who is very aggressive and willing to use underhand methods)
semifinalist (one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination)
scratch (a competitor who has withdrawn from competition)
runner-up; second best (the competitor who finishes second)
king; queen; world-beater (a competitor who holds a preeminent position)
favorite; favourite; front-runner (a competitor thought likely to win)
finalist (a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition)
comer (someone with a promising future)
champ; champion; title-holder (someone who has won first place in a competition)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers
Example:
business competition can be fiendish at times
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("competition" is a kind of...):
business relation (a relation between different business enterprises)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "competition"):
price competition; price war (intense competition in which competitors cut retail prices to gain business)
Context examples:
And the competition for water is likely to increase, with UNESCO estimating 5.7 billion people could struggle to access water for at least one month a year, by 2050.
(Slightly dirty water ‘still ok’ against coronavirus, SciDev.Net)
"Looks like a guinea puzzle competition," remarked Lord John, craning his neck to have a look at it.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Marriage licences and small probates were what we all looked for, and what paid us best; and the competition for these ran very high indeed.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
National Research Service Awards (NRSA) are made to individual fellowship applicants selected for award as a result of national competition for research training in specified health-related areas.
(Individual National Research Service Award, NCI Thesaurus)
There is no competition for the prize: the honey-hunters harvest the honey and honeyguides devour the wax combs left behind.
(How humans and wild Honeyguide birds call each other to help, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
While 2017 may only emerge as the third warmest year on record, scientists predict it will beat out the competition for warmest year without a warming El Niño.
(World Meteorological Org.: Arctic Warming Appears Irreversible, VOA)
For a time, it seemed that the spotted owl was also threatened by competition from the faster-breeding barred owl, which had moved west into its territory.
(Researchers find preserving spotted owl habitat may not require a tradeoff with wildfire risk after all, Wikinews)
Malabsorption, especially of vitamin B12 or folic acid, due to metabolic competition by bacteria proliferating in a segment of small intestine excluded from normal peristaltic movement; it may occur as a postoperative complication of side-to-side anastomosis of intestine, as a result of intestinal diverticula, fistula, etc.
(Blind Loop Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Now, it is a fact, gentlemen, as you may see for yourselves, that my hair is of a very full and rich tint, so that it seemed to me that if there was to be any competition in the matter I stood as good a chance as any man that I had ever met.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The scientists gave the amino acids found in proteins today competition by adding amino acids not found in proteins, thinking these non-protein, or non-biological, amino acids would probably not allow predominantly biological segments to come together.
(Pre-life building blocks spontaneously align in evolutionary experiment, National Science Foundation)
