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[ˌkɒmpəˈtɪʃ(ə)n]
noun
1) [U] the activities of companies that are trying to be more successful than others
intense competition between the two computer giants[/ex]
2) [U] the activities of people who are trying to get something that other people also want
There is a lot of competition for jobs.[/ex]
We must emphasize that we are not in competition with (= competing with) you.[/ex]
3) [C] an organized event in which people try to win prizes by being better than other people
He'd entered a competition in the local newspaper.[/ex]
4) the competition the person, company, or thing that someone is competing with
Let's look at what the competition is doing and do it better.[/ex]
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In British English, the competition can be used with a singular or plural verb. You can say Let's look at what the competition is doing and do it better. OR Let's look at what the competition are doing and do it better.

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