Competitor Definition

kəm-pĕtĭ-tər
competitors
noun
competitors
A person who competes; rival.
Webster's New World
A rival business, team, etc.
Webster's New World

A participant in a competition, especially in athletics.

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Noun

Singular:
competitor
Plural:
competitors

Origin of Competitor

  • From Middle French compétiteur, from Latin competitor.

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Competitor Sentence Examples

  • By this time a competitor had entered the field.

  • He was thrice a successful competitor for the prizes of the Academy of Sciences of Paris.

  • Very soon the Asahi had a keen competitor in the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun (Osaka Daily News) and these papers ultimately crushed all rivals in Osaka.

  • In agricultural machinery Germany is a serious competitor with England.

  • Euler, assisted by his eldest son Johann Albert, was a competitor for these prizes, and obtained both.

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