(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.
Example Sentences:
(1) Isotope competition studies indicated that the pathway was regulated by isoleucine.
(2) Competition with the labelled 10B12 MAb for binding to the purified antigen was demonstrated in sera of tumor-bearing and immune rats.
(3) [Ca2+]i exhibited a sigmoidal dependence on [Na+]o. Mg2+, a competitive inhibitor of Na2+-Ca2+ antiport in these cells, antagonized the increase in [Ca2+]i produced by lowering [Na+]o.
(4) In K+-depolarized basilar arteries, ifenprodil competitively antagonized the response to Ca2+, and this was enhanced by pre-incubation in calcium hopantenate.
(5) The effect of S-adenosylhomocysteine on DNA methylation was examined, and it was found at equal molar concentrations of S-adenosylhomocysteine to to S-adenosylmethionine that DNA methylation was competitively inhibited 50%.
(6) In order for the club to grow and sustain its ability to be a competitive force in the Premier League, the board has made a number of decisions which will strengthen the club, support the executive team, manager and his staff and enhance shareholder return.
(7) Furthermore, high-density catalase-positive--but not catalase-negative--E. coli can survive and multiply in the presence of competitive, peroxide-generating streptococci.
(8) In common with other studies, we found that the injury occurred in competitive runners, especially females, and was likely to develop during competitive races or intensive training sessions.
(9) "We presently are involved in a number of intellectual property lawsuits, and as we face increasing competition and gain an increasingly high profile, we expect the number of patent and other intellectual property claims against us to grow," the company said.
(10) The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that the problems which arise from simultaneously developing regulatory and competitive approaches to health care cost containment can be solved, if recognized, and that those problems deserve more systematic investigation than they have so far received.
(11) The inhibition of all three agonist responses by 1.1 mM calcium was competitive.
(12) The specificity of the assay was established by competitive displacement of 125I-labeled arginine-rich protein from its antiserum by arginine-rich protein and lipoproteins containing this protein, but not by rat albumin or other purified apolipoproteins.
(13) The interaction between adrenalin and 5-hydroxytryptamine was competitive.
(14) Speaking to pro-market thinktank Reform, Milburn called for “more competition” and said the shadow health team were making a “fundamental political misjudgment” by attempting to roll back policies he had overseen.
(15) The specificity of the assay was further demonstrated by a lack of competition of cytochrome C, myoglobin, epidermal growth factor or bovine serum albumin with bFGF for binding to the antibodies.
(16) A competition radioimmunoassay for murine leukemia virus p30 has been developed.
(17) We repeat our call for them to do so at the earliest opportunity, and to share those findings so that we can take any appropriate actions.” In the BBC programme the 29-year-old Rupp, who won 10,000m silver at the London 2012 Olympics behind Farah, was accused of having taken testosterone and being a regular user of the asthma drug prednisone, which is banned in competition.
(18) The figures, published in the company’s annual report , triggered immediate anger from fuel poverty campaigners who noted that energy suppliers had just been rapped over the knuckles by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for overcharging .
(19) Presence of the optimum concentration is explained by a mechanism known as the non-competitive auto-inhibition.5.
(20) "Law is all I've ever wanted to do, but it's so competitive.
Trophy
Definition:
(n.) A sign or memorial of a victory raised on the field of battle, or, in case of a naval victory, on the nearest land. Sometimes trophies were erected in the chief city of the conquered people.
(n.) The representation of such a memorial, as on a medal; esp. (Arch.), an ornament representing a group of arms and military weapons, offensive and defensive.
(n.) Anything taken from an enemy and preserved as a memorial of victory, as arms, flags, standards, etc.
(n.) Any evidence or memorial of victory or conquest; as, every redeemed soul is a trophy of grace.
Example Sentences:
(1) So Fifa left that group out and went ahead with the draw – according to legend, plucking names from the Jules Rimet trophy itself – and, after Belgium were chosen but decided not to participate, Wales came out next.
(2) Already this season they have won three trophies and could yet make it five out of six if they win the Champions League and Copa del Rey.
(3) Europe produced the greatest comeback in the tournament's history to reel in the US and retain the trophy.
(4) Moyes is relishing the visit by Chelsea and said: "I came for this sort of level but I came to win trophies and if you are going to win them then you do need to beat teams like Chelsea and Manchester City because that's the way our league is.
(5) The brewery kept winning trophies at the Australian International Beer Awards year in, year out, yet its head brewer refused to send beer east until he could guarantee refrigerated transport.
(6) Patrick Vieira, captain and on-pitch embodiment of Wenger’s reign, won the trophy with the last kick of his career at the club in the season when the Arsenal-United axis was finally broken by Chelsea at the top of the Premier League.
(7) After that attack, he said, body parts of some of the dead and wounded had been hung in trees as a "kind of trophy for the world to see".
(8) Löw’s side became the first from Europe to claim the trophy on Latin American soil courtesy of Götze’s fine 113th-minute finish from André Schürrle’s delivery.
(9) If the deal is completed without a hitch the winger will join his team-mates in Hong Kong, where André Villas-Boas's side will compete in the Asia Trophy.
(10) The overthrow of the Greek government so that (German finance minister Wolfgang) Schaüble could claim Tsipras’s head as a trophy.
(11) He had to watch her score a hat-trick and lift the trophy on television instead.
(12) England will still return home having retained, for what it is worth, the Wisden Trophy.
(13) Chelsea have an unorthodox way of gathering trophies but it is a successful one – and they will cherish this as one of their great nights.
(14) Before things get out of hand, the trophy is presented to Steven Gerrard, who hoists it skywards with a loud roar.
(15) The modern era has seen numerous format changes for the trophy.
(16) The winner in the 94th minute, from Jonathan Woodgate, came through a mistake by the Chelsea goalkeeper, Petr Cech, but the result itself was no accident and Tottenham earned their first trophy in nine years.
(17) This wasn’t about him; this first part of the event, before he headed out to the pitch where the trophies and the fans awaited him, was not much of a goodbye.
(18) They won the Supporters’ Shield in 2013, the club’s biggest trophy to date.
(19) Two years later, the offices of Mohamed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood were trashed after an all-night siege , with looters seizing door-labels of prominent Brotherhood leaders as trophies.
(20) The Private Islands Online website, which specialises in selling island paradises and rocky outcrops across the world, says a little bit of land surrounded by sea in the Cyclades or Dodecanese is the perfect trophy asset: "Greek islands are the ultimate status symbol, evoking images of sunglass-sporting shipping magnates sipping champagne on the deck of enormous yachts."