| competition | | |
| n. (linkdef) | 1. competition | a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers.; "business competition can be fiendish at times" |
| ~ business relation | a relation between different business enterprises. |
| ~ price competition, price war | intense competition in which competitors cut retail prices to gain business. |
| n. (event) | 2. competition, contest | an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. |
| ~ game | a single play of a sport or other contest.; "the game lasted two hours" |
| ~ social event | an event characteristic of persons forming groups. |
| ~ athletic competition, athletic contest, athletics | a contest between athletes. |
| ~ bout | a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers). |
| ~ championship | a competition at which a champion is chosen. |
| ~ chicken | a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops. |
| ~ cliffhanger | a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end. |
| ~ dogfight | a fiercely disputed contest.; "their rancor dated from a political dogfight between them"; "a real dogfight for third place"; "a prolonged dogfight over their rival bids for the contract" |
| ~ race | a contest of speed.; "the race is to the swift" |
| ~ tournament, tourney | a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner. |
| ~ playoff | any final competition to determine a championship. |
| ~ series | (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams.; "the visiting team swept the series" |
| ~ field trial | a contest between gun dogs to determine their proficiency in pointing and retrieving. |
| ~ match | a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete. |
| ~ tournament | a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize. |
| ~ race | any competition.; "the race for the presidency" |
| ~ spelldown, spelling bee, spelling contest | a contest in which you are eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctly. |
| ~ trial | (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications.; "the trials for the semifinals began yesterday" |
| n. (act) | 3. competition, contention, rivalry | the act of competing as for profit or a prize.; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place" |
| ~ group action | action taken by a group of people. |
| ~ contest | a struggle between rivals. |
| n. (person) | 4. challenger, competition, competitor, contender, rival | the contestant you hope to defeat.; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" |
| ~ contestant | a person who participates in competitions. |
| ~ champ, champion, title-holder | someone who has won first place in a competition. |
| ~ comer | someone with a promising future. |
| ~ finalist | a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition. |
| ~ foe, enemy | a personal enemy.; "they had been political foes for years" |
| ~ favourite, front-runner, favorite | a competitor thought likely to win. |
| ~ world-beater, king, queen | a competitor who holds a preeminent position. |
| ~ runner-up, second best | the competitor who finishes second. |
| ~ scratch | a competitor who has withdrawn from competition. |
| ~ semifinalist | one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination. |
| ~ street fighter | a contestant who is very aggressive and willing to use underhand methods. |
| ~ tier | any one of two or more competitors who tie one another. |
| ~ tilter | someone who engages in a tilt or joust. |
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