1. (

• competition ,

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

2. (

• contest ,
• competition

) an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants ;

3. (

• competition ,
• contention ,
• rivalry

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

4. (

• rival ,
• challenger ,
• competitor ,
• competition ,
• contender

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