competition meaning and definition

COMPETITION noun

Definition of competition (noun)

1. a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers
   • "business competition can be fiendish at times"
2. an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
   • synonyms: contest
3. the act of competing as for profit or a prize
   • "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"
   • synonyms: contention, rivalry
   • antonym: cooperation
4. the contestant you hope to defeat
   • "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
   • synonyms: challenger, competitor, contender, rival