Definition
a competitor: a rival, an adversary, a contender, a challenger
to compete with to fight with, to challenge
the competition (in this market): the rivals, the opposition, the challengers, the competitors (in this market)
a competition: a contest, tournament, championship, challenge
Pronunciation examples
UK: This company is our main competitor.
US: There's a lot of competition for this job.
- "We're going to have an accent competition at the Delavigne Corporation head office!"
- "Before we get started, I'd like to remind you that tomorrow's activities include camel boxing, camel racing, and of course the camel swimsuit competition!"
- "Mr. Delavigne, staying at a fancy hotel and not at the Olympic village, was the only surviving competitor."
- "I guarantee you that with a bit of careful management, both the Sydney and the Wellington teams will enjoy some healthy competition."
- "It was a tough competition, but Mr Oleré eventually outclassed his canine competitors by using his human brain to his advantage."
- "Smelling Competition"
- "It was a tough competition, but Mr Oleré eventually outclassed his canine competitors by using his human brain to his advantage."
- "We will eat, eat, eat the competition"
- "Despite gloomy financial forecasts for its competitors, the perfume giant is set to have one of their most successful Christmases ever with sales up 15% since this time last year."
- "Icarus Quincy (USA) was disqualified from the Having fun competition for blood doping."
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