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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024com•pete /kəmˈpit/USA pronunciation v. [no object], -pet•ed, -pet•ing. - to struggle to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, etc.;
engage in a contest: Birds compete for food with squirrels.
See -pet-. compete is a verb, competition is a noun, competitive is an adjective:They like to compete against each other. Competition should help lower prices. Prices were not always competitive. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024com•pete (kəm pēt′),USA pronunciation v.i., -pet•ed, -pet•ing. - to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.;
engage in a contest;
vie:to compete in a race; to compete in business.
- Latin competere to meet, coincide, be fitting, suffice (Late Latin: seek, ask for), equivalent. to com- com- + petere to seek; Late Latin and English sense influenced by competitor
- 1610–20
struggle. Compete, contend, contest mean to strive to outdo or excel. Compete implies having a sense of rivalry and of striving to do one's best as well as to outdo another:to compete for a prize.Contend suggests opposition or disputing as well as rivalry:to contend with an opponent, against obstacles.Contest suggests struggling to gain or hold something, as well as contending or disputing:to contest a position or ground(in battle); to contest a decision. |