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Posted on 6th Oct 2015 Definition of competition in English: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/competition [mass noun] 1 – The activity or condition of striving to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others: there is fierce competition between banks the competition for university places is greater than ever this year More example sentences Synonyms 1.1 – [count noun] An event or contest in which people take part in order to establish superiority or supremacy in a particular area: a beauty competition More example sentences Synonyms 1.2 – [in singular] The person or people over whom one is attempting to establish one’s supremacy or superiority; the opposition: I walked round to check out the competition More example sentences Synonyms 1.3 – Ecology Interaction between animal or plant species, or individual organisms, that are attempting to gain a share of a limited environmental resource: competition with ungulates or condylarths appears to have been the undoing of marsupials in North America More example sentences Origin Early 17th century: from late Latin competitio(n-) ‘rivalry’, from competere ‘strive for’ (see compete). Share This:
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