Dictionary Entry
competition
competition is a 11-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 21 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
the act of competing as for profit or a prize
"the teams were in fierce contention for first place"
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- 3noun
an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
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- 4noun
the contestant you hope to defeat
"he had respect for his rivals"
"he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
- 5noun
a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers
"business competition can be fiendish at times"
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