Synonym: challenger, competitor, contender, contention, contest, rival, rivalry. Similar words: competitor, compensation, practitioner, composition, compete, constitutional convention, institution, edition. Meaning: [‚kɒmpɪ'tɪʃn] 
n. 1. a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers 2. an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants 3. the act of competing as for profit or a prize 4. the contestant you hope to defeat.
n. 1. a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers 2. an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants 3. the act of competing as for profit or a prize 4. the contestant you hope to defeat. 
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151) His attempt to psych out the other competition seemed to work.
152) It was disappointing to lose, having got this far in the competition.
153) All through the competition, good players were falling to the new young tennis star.
154) The team overcame fierce competition for their place in the finals.
155) The competition has been thrown wide open by the absence of the world champion.
156) Competition between bidders for this valuable painting has been keen.
157) The competition should have been re-scheduled for a later date.
158) The team put on a good show in the competition.
159) Her hard work paid dividends when she won the school dancing competition.
160) He was on a real high after winning the competition.
161) Going to trade fairs is an ideal opportunity to size up the competition.
162) Is it just a coincidence that the wife of the man who ran the competition won first prize?
163) The smaller shopkeepers ganged together to beat off competition from the supermarkets.
164) If you want to succeed in business you have to suss out the competition.
165) I'll never forget the terrible events of that summer. It can refer to something such as a concert, festival or sports competition:The tourist guide lists the major events in the town throughout the year.
166) Government departments are in direct competition with each other for limited resources.
167) The team will have to improve on today's showing if it is to survive in the competition.
168) Stiffening competition in the market has led to a reduction in the company's profits this year.
169) Defeat at this stage would compromise their chances of reaching the finals of the competition.
170) Privatization is thought to be beneficial in that it promotes competition.
171) Our team came in a creditable third in the competition.
172) The American aerospace industry has been challenged by some stiff competition.
173) We're going to have a competition to see who can swim the furthest.
174) At this late stage in the competition there is absolutely no margin for error.
175) I got my lucky break when I won a 'Young Journalist of the Year' competition.
176) She was understandably intoxicated by her success in the national competition.
176) Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and build good sentences.
177) Both companies are worried about losing business in the face of stiff competition.
178) To qualify for the competition you need to be over 18.
179) There are hundreds of prizes up for grabs in our competition.
180) Entries to the photography competition should be mounted on white paper.
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