competition

noun

1. a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers

   noun.linkdef

   Examples

   Business competition can be fiendish at times.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

   noun.event

   Synonyms contest

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. the act of competing as for profit or a prize

   noun.act

   Synonyms contention rivalry

   Antonyms cooperation

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. the contestant you hope to defeat

   noun.person

   Examples

   He wanted to know what the competition was doing.

   Synonyms challenger competitor contender rival

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. 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 <i>for</i> before the object sought, and <i>with</i> before the person or thing competed with.

   noun

   Source: webster1913