formidable competition
collocation in Englishmeaningsofformidableandcompetition
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formidable
adjective
uk/fɔːˈmɪd.ə.bəl/us/fɔːrˈmɪd.ə.bəl/
causing you to have fear or respect for something or someone because that thing or person is large, powerful, ...
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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 offormidableandcompetitionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is used for making cord and in these days of nylon production we may have moreformidablecompetitionthan at the moment.
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Moreover, the country is covered by a network of railways and roads, which constitute a mostformidablecompetitionwith the air.
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Recently they have been subjected toformidablecompetitionby tiles made of cork composition which are used for floor covering.
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It could produce veryformidablecompetitionin overseas markets, but it would be wrong for us to be destructive.
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Large numbers of home-grown apples and pears are still sold ungraded or poorly graded, so that high-grade imports offerformidablecompetitionto our producers.
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This isformidablecompetitionto which we must relate the problem in this country of the extension of the nuclear industry.
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This represents veryformidablecompetitionwhich, to a large extent, destroys the monopoly value of the on-licence public houses.
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I have not the slightest doubt that we are facingformidablecompetitionand that the situation will become very much worse if there is anything in the nature of disarmament.
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It is subject to the mostformidablecompetition, and large numbers of men in the service do not know how long they are to remain in it.
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They mean that gone for ever is the day of our facile supremacy, that, instead of being the universal provider, we have to meetformidablecompetitionfrom every country.
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For many years, our resorts have been facingformidablecompetitionfrom those abroad with better climates than our own, and our rising prosperity will no doubt encourage that trend.
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They haveformidablecompetition; on average, greyfield malls have 2.3 million square feet of competing retail space in 22 other centers within 5 mi.
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Further, improved battery-operated toothbrushes were providingformidablecompetition.
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