🤼competition

noun
/ˌkɒmpəˈtɪʃən/

Meaning

a situation in which people or organizations try to be more successful than others
the activity or condition of striving to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others
The activity or condition of competing; rivalry for supremacy.

Example Sentences

The competition in the tech industry is very intense.

The swimming competition attracted athletes from all over the country.

Competition grew between language groups.

Example Expressions

cut-throat competition

Synonyms

contest, rivalry, challenge, race, opposition, tournament, Rivalry, Contest
Entry 1
contest, rivalry, challenge, race, opposition
Entry 2
contest, rivalry, tournament, race
Entry 3
Rivalry, Contest

Antonyms

cooperation, support, alliance, collaboration, partnership, Cooperation, Monopoly
Entry 1
cooperation, support, alliance
Entry 2
cooperation, collaboration, partnership
Entry 3
Cooperation, Monopoly

Collocations

intense competition, healthy competition, business competition, market competition, fierce competition, international competition
Entry 1
intense competition, healthy competition, business competition, market competition
Entry 2
fierce competition, healthy competition, international competition

More Example Sentences

The competition pushed her to practice daily.

He suddenly stopped caring about the competition.

You will have to face competition in every sphere of your life.

A fun fact about me is that I won an all-you-can-eat competition.

I want to remind you one thing that it was not the last competition in your life.

Having been sincere with her training she received a gold medal in the Vasanth Academy competition.

A girl wins a drawing contest at her school by creating a colorful picture of a sunset over the ocean with a small sailboat that impressed all the judges because of the detail and creativity and her artwork is displayed in the hallway where students and parents stop to admire it and her art teacher encourages her to enter more competitions

A woman trains for a cycling race every morning before sunrise riding along the river path near her town for at least twenty kilometers each session and follows a strict diet to stay in shape while her coach tracks her speed and endurance using data from a sensor attached to her bicycle and she gradually shaves minutes off her best time until she feels fully prepared for the competition day

A girl wins a drawing contest at her school by creating a colorful picture of a sunset over the ocean with a small sailboat that impressed all the judges because of the detail and creativity and her artwork is displayed in the hallway where students and parents stop to admire it and her art teacher encourages her to enter more competitions helping her believe that her talent can take her far in the future.

A woman trains for a cycling race every morning before sunrise riding along the river path near her town for at least twenty kilometers each session and follows a strict diet to stay in shape while her coach tracks her speed and endurance using data from a sensor attached to her bicycle and she gradually shaves minutes off her best time until she feels fully prepared for the competition day and lines up at the start with determination and confidence.

Related Vocabularies

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