competition

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers
  2. noun an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
  3. noun the act of competing as for profit or a prize

Etymology

Borrowed from French compétition, from Late Latin competītiō, competītiōnem, from Latin competō, from con- + petō. By surface analysis, compete + -ition.

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