Competition ¹

Definition: The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with.

competition ²

Definition: the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"

competition ³

Definition: an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

competition ⁴

Definition: the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"

competition ⁵

Definition: a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers; "business competition can be fiendish at times"