COMPETITION, noun 1. The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain, at the same time; rivalry; mutual strife for the same object; also, strife for superiority; as the competition of two candidates for an office, or of two poets for superior reputation. 2. A state of rivalship; a state of having equal claims. A portrait, with which one of Titians could not come in competition 3. Double claim; claim of more than one to the same thing; formerly with to, now with for. COMPETITION to the crown there is none nor can be. There is no competition but for the second place.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI