COMPETITION
\kˌɒmpətˈɪʃən], \kˌɒmpətˈɪʃən], \k_ˌɒ_m_p_ə_t_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of COMPETITION
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Contention for the same object; rivalry.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Contention for the same object; rivalry.
By James Champlin Fernald
