the competition

noun

: a person or group that one is trying to succeed against : a person or group that one is competing with

He sized up the competition looking to see who his toughest opponent would likely be.

Don't let the competition know our trade secrets.

In my opinion, this restaurant has no competition. It's so much better that all the others.

Examples of the competition in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Everyone must be ready for anything, and as 100 becomes 50, the kitchen slowly empties and the competition intensifies until one cook eventually walks away victorious. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

In the competition for who cleans the room the best, Rosenthal wins in a landslide. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Pi-o wins the competition, but is devastated at the disappearance of his friend. — Kayti Burt, Time, 6 Oct. 2026

During last Tuesday’s Yacht Rock Night, Taylor Hanson and Britt Stewart were shockingly eliminated from the competition. — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for the competition

• academician
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• decomposition
• diagnostician
• disinhibition
• indisposition
• interposition
• juxtaposition
• mathematician
• metacognition
• metaphysician
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