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• S: (n) competition (a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers) "business competition can be fiendish at times"
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• S: (n) contest, competition (an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants)
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• S: (n) competition, contention, rivalry (the act of competing as for profit or a prize) "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"
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• W: (v) compete [Related to: competition] (compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others)
• W: (v) contend [Related to: contention] (compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others)
• W: (v) rival [Related to: rivalry] (be the rival of, be in competition with) "we are rivaling for first place in the race"
• S: (n) 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"