competition
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(noun) the act of competing as for profit or a prize: "the teams were in fierce contention for first place" |
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Synonyms: contention, rivalry |
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Related Words: contest, group action |
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Antonyms: cooperation |
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(noun) a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers; "business competition can be fiendish at times" |
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Related Words: business relation, price competition, price war |
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(noun) an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants |
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Synonyms: contest |
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Related Words: athletic contest, athletics, chicken, cliffhanger, field trial, game, match, playoff, race, social event, spelldown, spelling bee, spelling contest, tournament, tourney, trial |
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(noun) the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" |
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Synonyms: challenger, competitor, contender, rival |
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Related Words: champ, champion, comer, contestant, enemy, favorite, favourite, finalist, foe, front-runner, king, runner-up, second best, semifinalist, street fighter, title-holder, world-beater |
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