Definition of compete in English:

compete

verb kəmˈpiːtkəmˈpit

[no object]

1Strive to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others.
universities are competing for applicants
he competed with a number of other candidates
Example sentencesExamples
- Two great teams were playing at their highest levels, competing for every inch of ice.
- With so much material competing for our attention, we cannot process it all.
- Cullen says if the NRL schedules games correctly the teams would not be competing for crowds.
- The world is now competing for knowledge, because information is available to everyone.
- Citroen are a works team, and not a satellite operation competing for a maker like Ford or Subaru.
- Two two-year-olds are at the table, competing for who can be the loudest and make the adults laugh the most.
- From time immemorial, countries have competed with each other.
- Found in rivers, lakes and other wetlands, they competed with human beings for fish, their main diet, and lost.
- The war-generated industrial boom competed with the manpower needs of the armies.
- In particular, the business teams are often competing for corporate resources with other businesses.
- Group rivalry may have been a good evolutionary strategy when we were competing for the same bananas.
- Your best friend was only your best friend as long as he was not competing for the same job.
- We work in teams to tight deadlines and we are competing for clients nationally and internationally.
- Paradoxically, it is a problem of two government schemes competing for scarce funds.
- Radio competed with the print media, but soon it became incorporated into the mainstream.
- The sound of the cool wind competed with the output from large speakers as a local music troupe doled out hot Hindi pop and movie numbers.
- Put simply, there are too many people competing for a tiny slice of the marketplace.
- More people competing for a fixed amount of land within easy access to the big city centres must push up the price of that land.
- It would sound more logical for him to be surrounded by a bevy of beauties competing for his attention.
- Over time, companies competed with one another in presenting ‘grand’ spectacles.
Synonyms
take part, play, be a contestant, be a competitor, participate, be involved, get involved, engage
enter, go in for
informal throw one's hat in the ring, be in the running
contend, vie, fight, battle, clash, tussle, grapple, wrestle, wrangle, jockey, wage war, cross swords, lock horns, go head to head
strive against, struggle against, pit oneself against
challenge, take on, try to beat
informal pitch oneself against
1. 1.1usually with negative Be able to rival another or others.
  no one can compete with his physical prowess
  Example sentencesExamples
  Canada will never be able to compete with the United States in terms of size of production budgets.
  While incredibly worthy and important, and also very good indeed, there is nothing out there to compete with it.
  They were unable to compete with the new massive operators, and like the corner shops, were forced out of business.
  In a globalised world it could no longer compete with capitalism and simply gave up, exhausted.
  The government is prodding banks to clean up bad loans so they are able to compete with foreign rivals.
  It was an attempt to try and stop the deterioration of the service in order to be able to compete with buses and lorries.
  You'll never be able to compete with somebody in terms of the talents and endowments that they have.
  Traditional fairs like this can't compete with single price theme parks.
  Because how can the real thing possibly compete with a million fantasy endings, constructed in a million minds?
  It was a fair challenge in my opinion but you can't compete with the goalkeeper any more.
  The cost of hiring local caregivers could not be too high to be able to compete with the rates of foreign laborers.
  Regional railways simply cannot compete with cheap, efficient and flexible motor transport.
  But China is concerned that the domestic banks are not ready to compete with their foreign rivals.
  Around dinner tables in the New Town, nothing can compete with property as a topic of conversation.
  Decent bass and good sound quality impressed the reviewers, but it was never going to be able to compete with a larger system.
  And the third place is further proof that he is able to compete with the senior drivers around him.
  I'd say they have actually improved on their last season in the League but nobody can compete with Exeter.
  We're never going to be able to compete with the real big clubs so we have to be realistic.
  Our small clubs are not able to compete with big clubs in highly populated areas.
  Synonyms
  rival, challenge, keep up with, keep pace with, compare with, be the equal of, match up to, match, be on a par with, be in the same class as, be in the same league as, come near to, come close to, touch, approach, approximate, emulate
  informal hold a candle to
2. 1.2 Take part in a contest.
  he competed in numerous track meets as a child
  Example sentencesExamples
  Only nine months after he started physique training, Williams competed in his first contest.
  Each category had a minimum of 30 participants fiercely competing for the honours.
  Women's teams have been competing for the past five years or so in Australia.
  Several teams around the world are already competing for the prize.
  All of the girls on the team are my friends that I competed with when I was at home, so they were looking forward to seeing me.
  She will be competing for the first time alongside petrol engines at the world record attempt.
  Since Zhang had previously competed with a dash team in Shanghai, she was able to quickly adjust to the grueling exercise routine.
  There is a lot of preparation involved in competing in ploughing contests.
  He informed the audience that they were the latest in a long line of students that have competed in the contest.
  This was a great achievement for an Erris team who were competing for the first time in this competition.
  The day began in Jomtien with eight teams competing for poll position in the daylong event.
  The company competes in dozens of contests a year, and has won, or reached the finals in, nearly 20 in the three years since its service has been available.
  The race for second spot looks a lot more interesting, though, with three teams competing for one spot.
  The youngsters were competing for the first time on snow against seasoned teams.
  At the moment I am actually at the Goodwill Games where I am competing for the European team.
  It is important for you to support these contests by competing or by attending them.
  He has been competing for just over two and half years but has already stamped his class over a host of tremendous fights.
  It was an overwhelming success with thousands of student bands competing for the coveted title.
  May competes in an archery contest with other young women.
  Teams from nine schools are competing for the title of best orator in the business milieu.
  Synonyms
  take part, play, be a contestant, be a competitor, participate, be involved, get involved, engage

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin competere, in its late sense 'strive or contend for (something)', from com- 'together' + petere 'aim at, seek'.

This word is from Latin competere in its late sense ‘strive or contend for (something)’: the elements here are com- ‘together’ and petere ‘aim at, seek’. As well as giving us competition (early 17th century) this is also the source of competent (Late Middle English); while petere gives us: impetus [M17] and impetuous (Late Middle English) ‘seek towards, assail’; petition (Middle English) an act of seeking for something; petulant (late 16th century) originally immodest in what you seek; and repeat (Late Middle English) seek again.

Rhymes

accrete, autocomplete, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, deceit, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, estreat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meat, meet, meet-and-greet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, petite, pleat, receipt, replete, sangeet, seat, secrete, sheet, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat

Definition of compete in US English:

compete

verbkəmˈpitkəmˈpēt

[no object]

1Strive to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others who are trying to do the same.
universities are competing for applicants
he competed with a number of other candidates
Example sentencesExamples
- Two two-year-olds are at the table, competing for who can be the loudest and make the adults laugh the most.
- Paradoxically, it is a problem of two government schemes competing for scarce funds.
- Cullen says if the NRL schedules games correctly the teams would not be competing for crowds.
- With so much material competing for our attention, we cannot process it all.
- Over time, companies competed with one another in presenting ‘grand’ spectacles.
- More people competing for a fixed amount of land within easy access to the big city centres must push up the price of that land.
- We work in teams to tight deadlines and we are competing for clients nationally and internationally.
- The war-generated industrial boom competed with the manpower needs of the armies.
- It would sound more logical for him to be surrounded by a bevy of beauties competing for his attention.
- Citroen are a works team, and not a satellite operation competing for a maker like Ford or Subaru.
- Put simply, there are too many people competing for a tiny slice of the marketplace.
- From time immemorial, countries have competed with each other.
- Radio competed with the print media, but soon it became incorporated into the mainstream.
- Found in rivers, lakes and other wetlands, they competed with human beings for fish, their main diet, and lost.
- In particular, the business teams are often competing for corporate resources with other businesses.
- Group rivalry may have been a good evolutionary strategy when we were competing for the same bananas.
- Two great teams were playing at their highest levels, competing for every inch of ice.
- The sound of the cool wind competed with the output from large speakers as a local music troupe doled out hot Hindi pop and movie numbers.
- The world is now competing for knowledge, because information is available to everyone.
- Your best friend was only your best friend as long as he was not competing for the same job.
Synonyms
take part, play, be a contestant, be a competitor, participate, be involved, get involved, engage
contend, vie, fight, battle, clash, tussle, grapple, wrestle, wrangle, jockey, wage war, cross swords, lock horns, go head to head
1. 1.1 Take part in a contest.
  he competed in numerous track meets as a child
  Example sentencesExamples
  The company competes in dozens of contests a year, and has won, or reached the finals in, nearly 20 in the three years since its service has been available.
  This was a great achievement for an Erris team who were competing for the first time in this competition.
  The race for second spot looks a lot more interesting, though, with three teams competing for one spot.
  Since Zhang had previously competed with a dash team in Shanghai, she was able to quickly adjust to the grueling exercise routine.
  The day began in Jomtien with eight teams competing for poll position in the daylong event.
  It was an overwhelming success with thousands of student bands competing for the coveted title.
  The youngsters were competing for the first time on snow against seasoned teams.
  Each category had a minimum of 30 participants fiercely competing for the honours.
  There is a lot of preparation involved in competing in ploughing contests.
  Teams from nine schools are competing for the title of best orator in the business milieu.
  It is important for you to support these contests by competing or by attending them.
  Only nine months after he started physique training, Williams competed in his first contest.
  May competes in an archery contest with other young women.
  She will be competing for the first time alongside petrol engines at the world record attempt.
  At the moment I am actually at the Goodwill Games where I am competing for the European team.
  He informed the audience that they were the latest in a long line of students that have competed in the contest.
  Women's teams have been competing for the past five years or so in Australia.
  He has been competing for just over two and half years but has already stamped his class over a host of tremendous fights.
  All of the girls on the team are my friends that I competed with when I was at home, so they were looking forward to seeing me.
  Several teams around the world are already competing for the prize.
  Synonyms
  take part, play, be a contestant, be a competitor, participate, be involved, get involved, engage

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin competere, in its late sense ‘strive or contend for (something)’, from com- ‘together’ + petere ‘aim at, seek’.

单词	compete
释义	Definition of compete in English: compete verb kəmˈpiːtkəmˈpit [no object] 1Strive to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others. universities are competing for applicants he competed with a number of other candidates Example sentencesExamples Two great teams were playing at their highest levels, competing for every inch of ice. With so much material competing for our attention, we cannot process it all. Cullen says if the NRL schedules games correctly the teams would not be competing for crowds. The world is now competing for knowledge, because information is available to everyone. Citroen are a works team, and not a satellite operation competing for a maker like Ford or Subaru. Two two-year-olds are at the table, competing for who can be the loudest and make the adults laugh the most. From time immemorial, countries have competed with each other. Found in rivers, lakes and other wetlands, they competed with human beings for fish, their main diet, and lost. The war-generated industrial boom competed with the manpower needs of the armies. In particular, the business teams are often competing for corporate resources with other businesses. Group rivalry may have been a good evolutionary strategy when we were competing for the same bananas. Your best friend was only your best friend as long as he was not competing for the same job. We work in teams to tight deadlines and we are competing for clients nationally and internationally. Paradoxically, it is a problem of two government schemes competing for scarce funds. Radio competed with the print media, but soon it became incorporated into the mainstream. The sound of the cool wind competed with the output from large speakers as a local music troupe doled out hot Hindi pop and movie numbers. Put simply, there are too many people competing for a tiny slice of the marketplace. More people competing for a fixed amount of land within easy access to the big city centres must push up the price of that land. It would sound more logical for him to be surrounded by a bevy of beauties competing for his attention. Over time, companies competed with one another in presenting ‘grand’ spectacles. Synonyms take part, play, be a contestant, be a competitor, participate, be involved, get involved, engage enter, go in for informal throw one's hat in the ring, be in the running contend, vie, fight, battle, clash, tussle, grapple, wrestle, wrangle, jockey, wage war, cross swords, lock horns, go head to head strive against, struggle against, pit oneself against challenge, take on, try to beat informal pitch oneself against 1.1usually with negative Be able to rival another or others. no one can compete with his physical prowess Example sentencesExamples Canada will never be able to compete with the United States in terms of size of production budgets. While incredibly worthy and important, and also very good indeed, there is nothing out there to compete with it. They were unable to compete with the new massive operators, and like the corner shops, were forced out of business. In a globalised world it could no longer compete with capitalism and simply gave up, exhausted. The government is prodding banks to clean up bad loans so they are able to compete with foreign rivals. It was an attempt to try and stop the deterioration of the service in order to be able to compete with buses and lorries. You'll never be able to compete with somebody in terms of the talents and endowments that they have. Traditional fairs like this can't compete with single price theme parks. Because how can the real thing possibly compete with a million fantasy endings, constructed in a million minds? It was a fair challenge in my opinion but you can't compete with the goalkeeper any more. The cost of hiring local caregivers could not be too high to be able to compete with the rates of foreign laborers. Regional railways simply cannot compete with cheap, efficient and flexible motor transport. But China is concerned that the domestic banks are not ready to compete with their foreign rivals. Around dinner tables in the New Town, nothing can compete with property as a topic of conversation. Decent bass and good sound quality impressed the reviewers, but it was never going to be able to compete with a larger system. And the third place is further proof that he is able to compete with the senior drivers around him. I'd say they have actually improved on their last season in the League but nobody can compete with Exeter. We're never going to be able to compete with the real big clubs so we have to be realistic. Our small clubs are not able to compete with big clubs in highly populated areas. Synonyms rival, challenge, keep up with, keep pace with, compare with, be the equal of, match up to, match, be on a par with, be in the same class as, be in the same league as, come near to, come close to, touch, approach, approximate, emulate informal hold a candle to 1.2 Take part in a contest. he competed in numerous track meets as a child Example sentencesExamples Only nine months after he started physique training, Williams competed in his first contest. Each category had a minimum of 30 participants fiercely competing for the honours. Women's teams have been competing for the past five years or so in Australia. Several teams around the world are already competing for the prize. All of the girls on the team are my friends that I competed with when I was at home, so they were looking forward to seeing me. She will be competing for the first time alongside petrol engines at the world record attempt. Since Zhang had previously competed with a dash team in Shanghai, she was able to quickly adjust to the grueling exercise routine. There is a lot of preparation involved in competing in ploughing contests. He informed the audience that they were the latest in a long line of students that have competed in the contest. This was a great achievement for an Erris team who were competing for the first time in this competition. The day began in Jomtien with eight teams competing for poll position in the daylong event. The company competes in dozens of contests a year, and has won, or reached the finals in, nearly 20 in the three years since its service has been available. The race for second spot looks a lot more interesting, though, with three teams competing for one spot. The youngsters were competing for the first time on snow against seasoned teams. At the moment I am actually at the Goodwill Games where I am competing for the European team. It is important for you to support these contests by competing or by attending them. He has been competing for just over two and half years but has already stamped his class over a host of tremendous fights. It was an overwhelming success with thousands of student bands competing for the coveted title. May competes in an archery contest with other young women. Teams from nine schools are competing for the title of best orator in the business milieu. Synonyms take part, play, be a contestant, be a competitor, participate, be involved, get involved, engage Origin Early 17th century: from Latin competere, in its late sense 'strive or contend for (something)', from com- 'together' + petere 'aim at, seek'. This word is from Latin competere in its late sense ‘strive or contend for (something)’: the elements here are com- ‘together’ and petere ‘aim at, seek’. As well as giving us competition (early 17th century) this is also the source of competent (Late Middle English); while petere gives us: impetus [M17] and impetuous (Late Middle English) ‘seek towards, assail’; petition (Middle English) an act of seeking for something; petulant (late 16th century) originally immodest in what you seek; and repeat (Late Middle English) seek again. Rhymes accrete, autocomplete, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, deceit, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, estreat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meat, meet, meet-and-greet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, petite, pleat, receipt, replete, sangeet, seat, secrete, sheet, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat Definition of compete in US English: compete verbkəmˈpitkəmˈpēt [no object] 1Strive to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others who are trying to do the same. universities are competing for applicants he competed with a number of other candidates Example sentencesExamples Two two-year-olds are at the table, competing for who can be the loudest and make the adults laugh the most. Paradoxically, it is a problem of two government schemes competing for scarce funds. Cullen says if the NRL schedules games correctly the teams would not be competing for crowds. With so much material competing for our attention, we cannot process it all. Over time, companies competed with one another in presenting ‘grand’ spectacles. More people competing for a fixed amount of land within easy access to the big city centres must push up the price of that land. We work in teams to tight deadlines and we are competing for clients nationally and internationally. The war-generated industrial boom competed with the manpower needs of the armies. It would sound more logical for him to be surrounded by a bevy of beauties competing for his attention. Citroen are a works team, and not a satellite operation competing for a maker like Ford or Subaru. Put simply, there are too many people competing for a tiny slice of the marketplace. From time immemorial, countries have competed with each other. Radio competed with the print media, but soon it became incorporated into the mainstream. Found in rivers, lakes and other wetlands, they competed with human beings for fish, their main diet, and lost. In particular, the business teams are often competing for corporate resources with other businesses. Group rivalry may have been a good evolutionary strategy when we were competing for the same bananas. Two great teams were playing at their highest levels, competing for every inch of ice. The sound of the cool wind competed with the output from large speakers as a local music troupe doled out hot Hindi pop and movie numbers. The world is now competing for knowledge, because information is available to everyone. Your best friend was only your best friend as long as he was not competing for the same job. Synonyms take part, play, be a contestant, be a competitor, participate, be involved, get involved, engage contend, vie, fight, battle, clash, tussle, grapple, wrestle, wrangle, jockey, wage war, cross swords, lock horns, go head to head 1.1 Take part in a contest. he competed in numerous track meets as a child Example sentencesExamples The company competes in dozens of contests a year, and has won, or reached the finals in, nearly 20 in the three years since its service has been available. This was a great achievement for an Erris team who were competing for the first time in this competition. The race for second spot looks a lot more interesting, though, with three teams competing for one spot. Since Zhang had previously competed with a dash team in Shanghai, she was able to quickly adjust to the grueling exercise routine. The day began in Jomtien with eight teams competing for poll position in the daylong event. It was an overwhelming success with thousands of student bands competing for the coveted title. The youngsters were competing for the first time on snow against seasoned teams. Each category had a minimum of 30 participants fiercely competing for the honours. There is a lot of preparation involved in competing in ploughing contests. Teams from nine schools are competing for the title of best orator in the business milieu. It is important for you to support these contests by competing or by attending them. Only nine months after he started physique training, Williams competed in his first contest. May competes in an archery contest with other young women. She will be competing for the first time alongside petrol engines at the world record attempt. At the moment I am actually at the Goodwill Games where I am competing for the European team. He informed the audience that they were the latest in a long line of students that have competed in the contest. Women's teams have been competing for the past five years or so in Australia. He has been competing for just over two and half years but has already stamped his class over a host of tremendous fights. All of the girls on the team are my friends that I competed with when I was at home, so they were looking forward to seeing me. Several teams around the world are already competing for the prize. Synonyms take part, play, be a contestant, be a competitor, participate, be involved, get involved, engage Origin Early 17th century: from Latin competere, in its late sense ‘strive or contend for (something)’, from com- ‘together’ + petere ‘aim at, seek’.
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