competition
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Definitions
Noun
a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers; "business competition can be fiendish at times"
Noun
an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
Noun
the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"
Noun
the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
More Specific Terms
athletic competition
athletic contest
athletics
bout
champ
champion
championship
chicken
cliffhanger
comer
contest
dogfight
enemy
favorite
favourite
field trial
finalist
foe
front-runner
game
king
match
playoff
price competition
price war
queen
race
runner-up
scratch
second best
semifinalist
series
spelldown
spelling bee
spelling contest
street fighter
tier
tilter
title-holder
tournament
tourney
trial
world-beater