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compete
[ kuhm-peet ]
verb (used without object)
- to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie: to compete in business.
to compete in a race;
to compete in business.
Synonyms:
compete
/ əˈ辱ː /
verb
- introften foll bywith to contend (against) for profit, an award, athletic supremacy, etc; engage in a contest (with)
Other Word Forms
- dz·· noun
- dz··Բ· adverb
- ԴDz·dz··Բ adjective
- dzܳ·dz·ٱ verb (used with object) outcompeted outcompeting
Word History and Origins
Origin of compete1
Word History and Origins
Origin of compete1
Idioms and Phrases
- cannot/can't compete with, to not be, by a great degree, as good or capable as (someone or something else):
These roses are lovely, but they can’t compete with the ones we grew back home in Ecuador.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Would you ever consider competing again if the opportunity arose?
The FA has continued to allow biological males to compete in the women's game if they show low enough testosterone levels and they are assessed by a match observer.
Amazon told the Washington Post it had looked into itemising the costs for customers using Amazon Haul, a low-cost site it launched in the US last year to compete with Shein and Temu.
On this day, sitting in his daughter’s house, he is competing against his wife, son-in-law and grandson, all of whom build a wall of game pieces in front of them.
There had been no option for her to defer her place until she was fit to compete and it highlighted what she saw as a major issue facing women and mothers.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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