competition
pronunciation
How to pronounce competition in British English:
UK [ˌkɒmpəˈtɪʃn]
How to pronounce competition in American English:
US [ˌkɑːmpəˈtɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers
- an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
- the act of competing as for profit or a prize
- the contestant you hope to defeat
Word Origin
- competition (n.)
- c. 1600, "action of competing," from Latin competitionem (nominative competitio) "agreement, rivalry," noun of action from past participle stem of competere (see compete). Meaning "a contest for something" is from 1610s. Sense of "rivalry in the marketplace" attested from 1793; that of "entity or entities with which one competes" is from 1961, especially in business.
Example
- 1. Competition is also a threat .
- 2. They also respond to competition .
- 3. So the competition is friendly ?
- 4. But competition is hotting up .
- 5. Competition is stiff these days .