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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
/ °ģɳ¾Ė±č¾±Ė³Ł /
verb
to contend (against) for profit, an award, athletic supremacy, etc; engage in a contest (with)
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- competer noun
- competingly adverb
- noncompeting adjective
- outcompete verb (used with object)
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of compete1
51³Ō¹Ļ 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 canāt compete with the ones we grew back home in Ecuador.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"You have to trust that you can compete and beat anyone."
The 32 teams will play 63 games across 12 U.S. venues, competing for a share of a $1 billion prize-money purse.
The 22-year-old, who will regain her status as British number one on Monday, has been struggling with the issue since competing in Strasbourg last month before the French Open.
By deliberation, I mean when people weigh the trade-offs for competing reasons for collective action for policy proposals.
Littler and Humphries are honoured in the week they compete together for England at the World Cup of Darts in Germany.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Ā© Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageĀ® Idioms Dictionary copyright Ā© 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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