Competition is the act of striving against another force for the purpose of achieving dominance or attaining a reward or goal, or out of a biological imperative such as survival. Competition is a term widely used in several fields, including biochemistry, ecology, economics, business, politics, and sports. Competition may be between two or more forces, life forms, agents, systems, individuals, or groups, depending on the context in which the term is used.

Competition may yield various results to the participants, including both intrinsic and extrinsic rewards. Some, such as survival advantages, including favorable territory, are intrinsic biological factors that occur as a result of ecological competition between organisms. Others, such as competition in business and politics, involve competition between humans. In addition, extrinsic symbols, such as trophies, plaques, ribbons, prizes, or laudations, may be given to the winner(s). Such symbolic rewards are commonly used wherever the rewards inherent in the competition are primarily intrinsic, such as at human sporting and academic competitions. In general, the rewards range widely but usually help reinforce the advantage that one participant has over the other participant(s).

Sizes and levels of competition

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Competition may also exist at different sizes; some competitions may be between two members of a species, while other competitions can involve entire species. In an example in economics, a competition between two local stores would be considered small compared to competition between several mega-giants. As a result, the consequences of the competition would also vary- the larger the competition, the larger the effect.

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Big updates to our Students page, including info on annual congress, GeoFlorida 2010: events, competitions, possible stipend...
GeoInstitute (Geo-Institute ASCE) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:01:30 -0000
Big updates to our Students page, including info on annual congress, GeoFlorida 2010: events, competitions, possible stipend...
Let the competitions begin! http://www.springrollz.blogspot.com/
Springrollz08 (Robin Spires) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:47:14 -0000
Let the competitions begin! http://www.springrollz.blogspot.com/
actually. we probably won't do much. PE competitions are in a few weeks and seeing as i refused to be on one, i get to sit around all night
RocketingRotars (Jennifer Harper) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:33:41 -0000
actually. we probably won't do much. PE competitions are in a few weeks and seeing as i refused to be on one, i get to sit around all night
@marketing_lady I managed her re-brand so I've got some coverage on the business and two competitions running. How did your meeting go?
befabulous (Karen Davis) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:33:02 -0000
@marketing_lady I managed her re-brand so I've got some coverage on the business and two competitions running. How did your meeting go?
@Samantha_Mayy haha, i wish people i loved done competitions like that! obviously not Mariah Carey but you know, theres others haha
Elenii_xo (Elenii_xo) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:20:36 -0000
@Samantha_Mayy haha, i wish people i loved done competitions like that! obviously not Mariah Carey but you know, theres others haha
They're announcing the winners for the other competitions now. (yn)
Fight4ThisLove (Chloe) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:01:23 -0000
They're announcing the winners for the other competitions now. (yn)

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