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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241) His business went under because of competition from the large corporations.
242) The judges remarked on the high standard of entries for the competition.
243) The chances/odds against you winning such a competition are enormous.
244) Sometimes there's a lot of competition between children for their mother's attention.
245) Public transport is run in direct competition with the private sector.
246) Competition for the best jobs is getting hotter all the time.
247) One of the papers is running a competition in which you've got to parody a well-known author.
248) It was in these studios that young painters found the support and stimulating competition of peers.
249) The deadline for submissions to the competition will be Easter 1994.
250) The competition gives you the chance to win all sorts of goodies.
251) In order to survive the competition a company should be proactive not reactive.
252) The American plane makers continue to accuse Airbus of unfair competition.
253) Winning the competition was a wonderful boost for her morale.
254) All items entered for the competition must be the entrant's own work.
255) There's no competition - they're head and shoulders above the rest.
256) Increased competition is really putting the squeeze on North American producers.
257) It took hot competition from abroad, however(sentencedict.com), to show us just how good Scottish cashmere really is.
258) The scores remained more or less even throughout the competition.
259) In the poetry competition, aside from Hass, are four other entrants.
260) Winning the competition was the opening she needed for her career.
261) This music film is Mrs Wilson's entry in the competition.
262) The catch is that you can't enter the competition unless you've spent $100 in the store.
263) Italy versus Japan is turning out to be a surprisingly well matched competition.
264) Companies that are not market-driven risk falling behind the competition.
265) She has grown in stature since winning the Tchaikovsky Piano Competition.
266) You must notch up a fine victory in the competition.
267) To enter the competition,[http://sentencedict.com/competition.html] fill in the entry coupon on page 6.
268) The entries to the competition were a real mixed bag — some excellent, some awful.
269) This result has set back their chances of winning the competition.
270) Allan fought off stiff competition from throughout the UK to win one of only four places at the college.
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