head-to-head competition

collocation in English

meaningsofhead-to-headandcompetition

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head-to-head
adjective[before noun]
adverb
uk
/ˌhed.təˈhed/us
/ˌhed.təˈhed/
involving a direct competition between two people ...
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competition
noun
uk
/ˌkɒm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌkɑːm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/
a situation in which someone is trying to win something or be more successful than ...
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(Definition ofhead-to-headandcompetitionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Currently, councils have a restricted range of services in which they can engage inhead-to-headcompetitionwith the private sector.
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There is restricted scope forhead-to-headcompetition; there are not many routes in the country where there are alternatives.
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Ties are broken based on records inhead-to-headcompetitionamong tied teams.
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Thehead-to-headcompetitionoccurred in front of a live studio audience.
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Games can be linked forhead-to-headcompetition, cooperative play, trading items, unlocking hidden features, etc.
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The winner of the game would then serve as the number two tiebreaker, behind results inhead-to-headcompetition, for playoff position.
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The loser of thehead-to-headcompetitionwas then eliminated from the show.
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It is ahead-to-headcompetitionwhere previous progress in the competition will be forgotten.
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In the sport of track and field, multi-school meets do not count ashead-to-headcompetition.
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The tiebreaker rules were changed to start withhead-to-headcompetition, followed by division records, common opponents records, and conference play.
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The point is awarded to the team that wins the season series in thehead-to-headcompetition.
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Dan won the finalhead-to-headcompetitionand the prize of an extra elimination vote.
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Starting in 1967, a tiebreaking system was implemented that started with net points inhead-to-headcompetition, followed by which team that had less recently been in a title game.
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Selections prior to 1936 are often disputed as many of them are not derived from actualhead-to-headcompetitionand rely on historical documents to interpret champions.
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The comic who received the most nominations participated in that evening'shead-to-headcompetition, and selected their opponent from any of the comics who had challenged them.
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The two fastest teams then match up against each other for a finalhead-to-headcompetitionto determine the champion of the event (separately for the men and women).
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Eliminated contestants will face in ahead-to-headcompetitiononline called comic comeback, with fans voting via twitter to bring back a comic to perform on the season finale.
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In the next season, two six-member teams were sent around the world in a competition to see which show could best the other inhead-to-headcompetition.
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