Competition
[kɒmpɪ'tɪʃ(ə)n] or [,kɑmpə'tɪʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of competing as for profit or a prize; 'the teams were in fierce contention for first place'.
(noun.) a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers; 'business competition can be fiendish at times'.
Typist: Sophie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Rivalry, RIVALSHIP, emulation, contest (for the same object).
Editor: Rena
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Rivalry, emulation, race, two_of_a_trade
ANT:Association, colleagueship, alliance, jointstock, copartnership, confederation
Editor: Olivia
Examples
- The shrewd prophecy is made that gas will be manufactured less for lighting, as the result of electrical competition, and more and more for heating, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Competition with a rival was what inspired him with most passion and energy, he said, and nothing on earth made him half so much in love. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- So there can be no competition or perplexity between you and me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He spent a fortune, but his patents were not renewed, and competition was thrown wide open. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Closely related to the constitution and just as decadent to-day are the Sanctity of Private Property, Vested Rights, Competition the Life of Trade, Prosperity (at any cost). Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It is not a competition in deportment. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It was not long before there were three hundred subscribers; but the very success of this device brought competition and improvement. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But when I looked at my purchase, at home, where no glittering blades came into competition with it, I was astonished to see how handsome it was. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Western Union bestirred itself at this sign of competition, and had shortly formed the American Speaking-Telephone Company, with a staff of inventors that included Edison. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Competition and survival were accepted as the basal facts of life. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The competition, therefore, would everywhere be as great, and, consequently, the ordinary profit as low as possible. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- 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. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- My poverty will not bear competition with their money. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It was, however, for some reason laid aside till 1851, when it was reorganized and put in service at the World’s Fair in London in competition with the American machines. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Competition in the field did not, however, cease. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- That meeting was followed by others in all parts of the United States, and competitions for height and city-to-city flights became matters of weekly occurrence. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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