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