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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Usage of competition and competitor
"Jones is certain to win the race; there's just no competition."
"Jones is certain to win the race; there's just no competitor."
I have searched for the definition of competition and I was wondering if competition is used for the meaning of competitor as well?
competition the people or groups that are competing against you, especially in business or in a sport[? compete, competitor]
competitor a person, team, company etc that is competing with another.
Thank you as usual in advance.
"Jones is certain to win the race; there's just no competitor."
I have searched for the definition of competition and I was wondering if competition is used for the meaning of competitor as well?
competition the people or groups that are competing against you, especially in business or in a sport[? compete, competitor]
competitor a person, team, company etc that is competing with another.
Thank you as usual in advance.
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Hans51I was wondering if competition is used for the meaning of competitor as well?
More or less yes, but not exactly. A competitor is one person who is competing against you. The competition is the whole set of potential competitors that might be competing against you.
If one competitor is known to be much better than any of the others, we can say
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