competition

/ˌkäm-pə-ˈti-shən/

Late Latin competition-, competitio, from Latin competere seecompete

noun

  1. the act or process of competing : rivalry: such as

  2. the effort of two or more parties acting independently to secure the business of a third party by offering the most favorable terms

  3. active demand by two or more organisms or kinds of organisms for some environmental resource in short supply

contractors in competition for the contract to build the new school

idiom

  1. trying to succeed against

These products are in competition with each other.

noun

  1. a person or group that one is trying to succeed against : a person or group that one is competing with

He sized up the competition looking to see who his toughest opponent would likely be.