Word Meanings - COMPETITION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of seeking, or endevearing 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

Additional info about word: COMPETITION

The act of seeking, or endevearing 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 competititon. Dryden. There is no competition but for the second place. Dryden. Where competition does not act at all there is complete monopoly. A. T. Hadley. Syn. -- Emulation; rivalry; rivalship; contest; struggle; contention; opposition; jealousy. See Emulation.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of COMPETITION)

• Colluctation
• Wrestling
• contention
• competition
• Match
• Equal
• mate
• companion
• contest
• tally
• equality
• pair

Related words: (words related to COMPETITION)

• COMPANIONLESS
  Without a companion.
• WRESTLE
  1. To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully. To-morrow, sir, I wrestle for my credit, and he that escapes me without some broken limb shall acquit him well. Shak. Another, by a
• TALLYHO
  1. The huntsman's cry to incite or urge on his hounds. 2. A tallyho coach. Tallyho coach, a pleasure coach. See under Coach.
• EQUALIZER
  One who, or that which, equalizes anything.
• CONTESTABLE
  Capable of being contested; debatable.
• MATCHMAKER
  1. One who makes matches for burning or kinding. 2. One who tries to bring about marriages.
• COLLUCTATION
  A struggling; a contention. Colluctation with old hags and hobgoblins. Dr. H. More.
• EQUALIZE
  1. To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes. One poor moment can suffice To equalize the lofty and the low. Wordsworth. No system of instruction will completely
• CONTESTATION
  1. The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute. "Loverlike contestation." Milton. After years spent in domestic, unsociable contestations, she found means to withdraw. Clarendon. 2. Proof by witness; attestation; testimony. A solemn
• COMPANIONABLE
  Fitted to be a companion; fit for good fellowship; agreeable; sociable. "Each companionable guest." Mallett. "Companionable wit." Clarendon. -- Com*pan"ion*a*ble*ness, n. -- Com*pan"ion*a*bly, adv.
• EQUALITY
  Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does. Confessional equality. See under
• COMPANION
  companio , fr. L. com- + panis 1. One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an associate;
• MATCHLOCK
  An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match.
• MATCH-CLOTH
  A coarse cloth.
• MATCH PLAY
  Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won or lost by each side; -- disting. from medal play.
• CONTENTION
  1. A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife. I would my arcontenion. Shak. 2. Strife in words; controversy; altercation quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention. Contentions and strivings about the law.
• MATCHMAKING
  1. The act or process of making matches for kindling or burning. 2. The act or process of trying to bring about a marriage for others.
• MATCH GAME
  A game arranged as a test of superiority; also, one of a series of such games.
• MATCH-COAT
  A coat made of match-cloth.
• COMPETITION
  The act of seeking, or endevearing 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
• ACCIDENTALLY
  In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.
• UNEQUALABLE
  Not capable of being equaled or paralleled. Boyle.
• ALIMENTALLY
  So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. Sir T. Browne.
• HORIZONTALLY
  In a horizontal direction or position; on a level; as, moving horizontally.
• INEQUALITY
  An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 1. (more info) 1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity;
• SENTIMENTALLY
  In a sentimental manner.
• TEETOTALLY
  Entirely; totally.
• SACRAMENTALLY
  In a sacrament manner.
• INCONTESTED
  Not contested. Addison.
• MISMATCH
  To match unsuitably.
• IMMATCHABLE
  Matchless; peerless. Holland.
• BRUTALLY
  In a brutal manner; cruelly.