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(n.) The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; - followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Competition'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/competition.html. 1828.
 
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