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competition

noun

the act of competing as for profit or a prize

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Word length
11
Starts with
C
Ends with
N
Contains
OM
Scrabble score
17
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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noun

  1. the act of competing as for profit or a prize

    “the teams were in fierce contention for first place”

noun

  1. an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

noun

  1. the contestant you hope to defeat

    “he had respect for his rivals”

noun

  1. a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers

    “business competition can be fiendish at times”

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Example Sentences

the teams were in fierce contention for first place
he had respect for his rivals
he wanted to know what the competition was doing
business competition can be fiendish at times

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