Compete
21compete — [17] Compete comes from Latin competere. This was a compound verb formed from com ‘together’ and petere ‘seek, strive’ (source of English petition, appetite, impetus, and repeat). At first this meant ‘come together, agree, be fit or suitable’,… …
22compete — verb 1) they competed in a tennis tournament Syn: take part, participate, play, be a competitor, be involved; enter 2) they had to compete with other firms Syn: contend with, vie with, battle (with), wrangle with …
23compete — /kəmˈpit / (say kuhm peet) verb (i) (competed, competing) to contend with another for a prize, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie: to compete in a race; to compete in business. {Latin competere contend for, (earlier) come together} …
24compete — /kəm pi:t/ verb ♦ to compete with someone or with a company to try to do better than another person or another company ● We have to compete with cheap imports from the Far East. ● They were competing unsuccessfully with local companies on their… …
25compete — /kəm pi:t/ verb ♦ to compete with someone or with a company to try to do better than another person or another company ● We have to compete with cheap imports from the Far East. ● They were competing unsuccessfully with local companies on their… …
26compete — [17] Compete comes from Latin competere. This was a compound verb formed from com ‘together’ and petere ‘seek, strive’ (source of English petition, appetite, impetus, and repeat). At first this meant ‘come together, agree, be fit or suitable’,… …
27compete — v.intr. 1 (often foll. by with, against a person, for a thing) strive for superiority or supremacy (competed with his brother; compete against the Russians; compete for the victory). 2 (often foll. by in) take part (in a contest etc.) (competed… …
28compete — verb To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen compete with one another …
29compete — Synonyms and related words: antagonize, approach, attempt, battle, beat against, beat up against, breast the wave, buck, buffet, buffet the waves, challenge, clash, close with, collide, combat, compete with, conflict, contend, contend against,… …
30compete — verb 1) they competed in a tennis tournament Syn: take part, participate, be a contestant, play, enter, go in for 2) they had to compete with other firms Syn: contend, vie, battle, jockey …
