# competition

Pronunciation: say "kom-puh-TISH-uhn" US /ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən/, UK /ˌkɒmpəˈtɪʃən/

## Noun

1. An organized contest in which people or teams try to win a prize or award.
   - Simple: An event where people try to win a prize or award.
   - _The photography competition drew entries from forty countries._
   - _Local bakers enter the county fair's competitions every summer._
2. The act of striving against others to win something or to be the best.
   - Simple: The act of trying to win or do better than others.
   - _Competition among tech firms drives rapid innovation._
   - _Free markets rely on competition to keep prices low._
3. The rivals one is trying to beat, in a contest or in business, viewed collectively.
   - Simple: All the other people, teams or companies you are trying to beat.
   - _The startup quickly outpaced the competition with a cheaper product._
   - _Before launching the new phone, the company studied what the competition was charging for similar models._

## Origin

This word came from Late Latin competītiō. You can also see its form as 'compete' plus '-ition'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/competition (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).