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 Definitions of compete  [əmˈpit]  

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Definition of 'compete' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) compete
to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, etc.; engage in a contest; vie:
to compete in business.

Etymology:  (1610–20; < L competere to meet, coincide, be fitting, suffice (LL: seek, ask for))

Definition of 'compete' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) compete, vie, contend
compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others


Definition of 'compete' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) compete
to try to win or to be better than sb
twenty people competing in the boat race; to compete for the title; companies competing with each other for the market share


Definition of 'compete' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) compete
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


Translation of 'compete' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to try to beat others in a contest, fight etc
We are competing against them in the next round; Are you competing with her for the job?

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: meeding, wedywer Arabic flag Arabic: يُنافِس، يَتَبارى مع Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: съревновавам се
Brazilian flag Brazilian: competir Czech flag Czech: soutěžit German flag German: in Wettbewerb treten
Danish flag Danish: konkurrere; kappes Greek flag Greek: συναγωνίζομαι Spanish flag Spanish: competir
Estonian flag Estonian: võistlema Farsi flag Farsi: رقابت کردن Finnish flag Finnish: kilpailla
French flag French: rivaliser (avec) Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהִתחַרוֹת Hindi flag Hindi: स्पर्धा या प्रतियोगिता कर
Croatian flag Croatian: natjecati se Hungarian flag Hungarian: versenyez Indonesian flag Indonesian: bertanding, bersaing
Icelandic flag Icelandic: keppa Italian flag Italian: competere, gareggiare Japanese flag Japanese: 競う
Korean flag Korean: 경쟁하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: varžytis, konkuruoti Latvian flag Latvian: sacensties; konkurēt
Malay flag Malay: bersaing Dutch flag Dutch: wedijveren Norwegian flag Norwegian: konkurrere (mot)
Polish flag Polish: współzawodniczyć, konkuro Persian flag Persian: رقابت کردن Pashto flag Pashto: سيالى كول، رقابت كول، مسا
Portuguese flag Portuguese: competir Romanian flag Romanian: a concura (cu) Russian flag Russian: состязаться
Slovak flag Slovak: súťažiť Slovenian flag Slovenian: tekmovati Serbian flag Serbian: takmičiti se
Swedish flag Swedish: tävla, konkurrera Thai flag Thai: แข่งขัน Turkish flag Turkish: yarışmak, rekabet etmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 競爭 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: змагатися; конкурувати Urdu flag Urdu: مقابلہ کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cạnh tranh, đua tranh Chinese flag Chinese: 竞争

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