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English to English noun
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a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers |  | Example: business competition can be fiendish at times
source: wordnet30
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an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants | | source: wordnet30
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the act of competing as for profit or a prize | | Example: the teams were in fierce contention for first place
source: wordnet30
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the contestant you hope to defeat | | Example: he had respect for his rivals
he wanted to know what the competition was doing
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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