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Noun competition has 4 senses

competition - a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers; "business competition can be fiendish at times"
--₁ is a kind of business relation
--₁ has particulars: price war, price competition

contest, competition - an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
--₂ is a kind of social event
--₂ has particulars:

competition, contention, rivalry - the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"
--₃ is a kind of group action
Antonyms: cooperation
--₃ has particulars: contest
Derived form: verb compete₁
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"
--₄ is a kind of contestant
--₄ has particulars:
champion, champ, title-holder; comer; finalist; foe, enemy; front-runner, favorite, favourite; king, queen, world-beater; runner-up, second best; semifinalist; street fighter; tier; tilter