Competition Won Schools Face People Stiff Noun ˌkɒmpəˈtɪʃn

• a design/an art/a talent competition
• an international/a national competition
• hundreds of schools entered the competition.
• she's won a prestigious singing competition.

competition

1. an event in which people compete with each other to find out who is the best at something
• a design/an art/a talent competition
• an international/a national competition
• Hundreds of schools entered the competition.
• She's won a prestigious singing competition.
• He won fourth place in the competition.
• a competition to design the new Parliament building

Extra Examples

• There will be a painting competition for children of different age groups.
• They twice won the European Cup, a knockout competition between the top teams in Europe.
• I encouraged her to enter the essay competition.
• wines that won medals at major wine competitions
• a competition for the best chef
• a competition between the best teams in the country
• We're going to have a competition to see who can swim the fastest.
• The competition is open to all readers of the magazine.
• The American women dominated the competition, winning all the events.
• I won the car in a competition.
• She won an international dancing competition.
2. a situation in which people or organizations compete with each other for something that not everyone can have
• stiff/fierce/intense/tough competition
• competition between two similar products
• The government said the new laws would enhance competition among banks.
• competition for resources/jobs/food, etc.
• competition to secure a place on the course
• The firm is facing stiff competition from its online rivals.
• Public education is run in direct competition with the private sector.
• We are in competition with four other companies for the contract.
• The programme puts two couples in competition with each other to redecorate one another's homes.

Extra Examples

• Competition is heating up and sales are shrinking.
• We won the contract in the face of tough competition.
• Fierce competition exists between schools in the area.
• The gas companies are having to lay off staff in the face of stiff competition from oil.
• Their rivalry had been one of friendly competition.
• There is a lot of competition between rival airlines.
• There is head-to-head competition in production and distribution.
• They won the order against fierce international competition.
• This intensified the competition for the same investors' funds.
• We are in competition with some very large companies.
• We face strong competition from other countries.
• intense competition for the contract
• policies aimed at fostering greater competition in the industry
• to fight off competition from foreign firms
• to go into competition with British Telecom
• The company is having to lay off workers in the face of stiff competition.
• There is now intense competition between schools to attract students.
3. the people who are competing against somebody
• We'll be able to assess the competition at the conference.
• This car consistently outperforms the competition.

Word Origin

• early 17th cent.: from late Latin competitio(n-) ‘rivalry’, from competere ‘strive for’, from com- ‘together’ + petere ‘aim at, seek’.