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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
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verb
- introften foll bywith to contend (against) for profit, an award, athletic supremacy, etc; engage in a contest (with)
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¦´Ç³¾Â·±è±ð³Ù·±ð°ù noun
- ³¦´Ç³¾Â·±è±ð³Ù·¾±²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
- ²Ô´Ç²Ô·³¦´Ç³¾Â·±è±ð³Ù·¾±²Ô²µ adjective
- ´Ç³Ü³Ù·³¦´Ç³¾Â·±è±ð³Ù±ð verb (used with object) outcompeted outcompeting
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of compete1
˜yÐÄvlog 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.
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Example Sentences
Whereas nine families were competing to rent each property in the city five years ago, that number has risen to 54.
If they can harness the creature’s healing properties, no other pharma company could compete with their product.
You get two competing organizations, and women's suffrage is kind of eclipsed for another 50 years.
She became the first person ever to compete on the show wearing a hijab and says she gains strength from wearing it.
They added: "We are now focused on creating opportunities for businesses to compete and access the finance they need to scale, export and break into new markets."
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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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