closest competitor

collocation in English

meaningsofcloseandcompetitor

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close
adjective
uk
/kləʊs/us
/kloʊs/
having direct family connections or shared beliefs, support, ...
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competitor
noun[C]
uk
/kəmˈpet.ɪ.tər/us
/kəmˈpet̬.ə.t̬ɚ/
a person, team, or company that is competing ...
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(Definition ofcloseandcompetitorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thus, the market definition should be expanded to include the nextclosestcompetitoror product.
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In that election, he gained 48.4% of the vote, 22% more than hisclosestcompetitor.
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Its was 6 more than theclosestcompetitor.
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The remainder of the coins are given to the nextclosestcompetitor, and the process is repeated until no coins remain.
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Hisclosestcompetitorhad 10 times that amount.
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The nextclosestcompetitorwas a distant 25 laps behind the duo.
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In 2006, the company recovered 187 million pounds of electronics, 73 percent more than itsclosestcompetitor.
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He finished in last place, ten minutes behind hisclosestcompetitor, but his effort was met with tears and applause from the other participants.
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The newspaper quickly became a success; within a year it had double the circulation (12,000) of itsclosestcompetitor.
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Brancatelli failed to qualify for the race, being the slowest out of the 27 entries, theclosestcompetitorbeing three seconds quicker.
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Moser was herclosestcompetitor, almost 3 seconds back, the nextclosestcompetitorwas almost 6 seconds back.
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Campbell avoids itsclosestcompetitorbecause he finds it too waxy.
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She was under-par in four of the five rounds, and was 12 strokes ahead of theclosestcompetitor, which set a record for the largest margin of victory.
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Foyt dominated the event, winning by almost two laps over hisclosestcompetitor.
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Cobbs also led the conference in all-purpose yards with an average of 135.1 yards per game, which is 14 yards per-game better than hisclosestcompetitor.
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Standing as an independent against nine male candidates in the by-election, she won 49.2% of the vote, with more than three times as many votes as herclosestcompetitor.
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Therefore, we shall want to consider how our measures comply, or compare, with those of other jurisdictions, not least those of our closest competitors.
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These two cars pulled away during the final laps and led the next closest competitors by half a lap.
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