n. the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"

n. the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"

n. an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

n. the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"

n. a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers; "business competition can be fiendish at times"

n. [rivalry; the act of competing for supremacy, a title, money etc.]