increased competition

collocation in English

meaningsofincreaseandcompetition

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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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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 ofincreaseandcompetitionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofincreased competition

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Increasedcompetitionshould induce greater inhibition of unwanted competitors.
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Efficiency gains andincreasedcompetitionin care services provision were also important motives.
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Increasedcompetitionfor limited federal funds in combination with international trade issues are likely to result in changes to farm programs.
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Increasedcompetitionfor the poor supply of inorganic sulphate limits the reaction and as a result conjugation by glucuronidation is the major pathway.
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Increasedcompetitionand volatile commodity prices pushed merchants to look for ways to exert direct control over the vanilla supply.
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The increasing number of practitioners following the 1970sincreasedcompetitionand coincided with decreasing demands for traditional reconstructive services.
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Low persistence oviposition-deterring semiochemicals will be selected against as larvae faceincreasedcompetitionfrom new predators on their patch.
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However, one might say the major problems of the industrial countries since 1970 have resulted fromincreasedcompetitionfrom successful developing countries.
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There will therefore probably beincreasedcompetitionin that area of work, with some general practitioners providing their own chiropody and nursing services.
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A major consequence of crowding isincreasedcompetitionfor food amongst the larvae, and reduced food intake may mean less resources available for defence.
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It is suggested that this pattern resulted from an adaptive, phenotypically plastic allocation of reproductive investment between offspring types in response toincreasedcompetition.
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There is alsoincreasedcompetitionin business and a broadened range of alternative sources of almost every consumable.
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Policy changes andincreasedcompetitioncreated the need for distinct sectors to organise in behalf of their differing interests.
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In general, a major cost of social living for individuals isincreasedcompetitionfor mates and resources such as food, water, and territories.
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He concluded that in the early stages of selection where small plots are generally used,increasedcompetition in ratoon crops further reduces the advantage of evaluating material in ratoon crops.
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Plant stunting in this treatment most likely resulted fromincreasedcompetitionfor moisture and/or soil nutrients.
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This suggests thatincreasedcompetitionmay result in an adjustment of prey-size preferences in relation to the relative abundance of food.
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Increased commercial opportunity led toincreasedcompetitionand conflict among the different clans maneuvering to profit from the river trade.
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Such similarity, they suggested,increasedcompetitionat the lexical level and so delayed word recognition.
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