01 n. The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strif…
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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 to the crown there is none, nor can be.” — Bacon.“A portrait, with which one of Titian's could not come in competition.” — Dryden.“There is no competition but for the second place.” — Dryden.“Where competition does not act at all there is complete monopoly.” — A. T. Hadley.
Syn.
Emulation; rivalry; rivalship; contest; struggle; contention; opposition; jealousy. See Emulation.