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Webster 1913 Edition
Competition
Comˊpe-ti′tion
,Noun.
[L.
competition
. See Compete
.] 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.
Syn. – Emulation; rivalry; rivalship; contest; struggle; contention; opposition; jealousy. See
Emulation
. Webster 1828 Edition
Competition
COMPETITION
, n.1.
The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain, at the same time; rivalry; mutual strife for the same object; also, strife for superiority; as the competition of two candidates for an office, or of two poets for superior reputation.2.
A state of rivalship; a state of having equal claims.A portrait, with which one of Titians could not come in competition.
3.
Double claim; claim of more than one to the same thing; formerly with to, now with for.Competition to the crown there is none nor can be.
There is no competition but for the second place.