Compete Definition

kəm-pēt
competed, competes, competing
verb
competed, competes, competing
To enter into, or be in, rivalry; contend; vie.
Webster's New World
To strive against another or others to attain a goal, such as an advantage or victory.
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Origin of Compete

  • From Middle French competir or from its source Late Latin competere, present active infinitive of competō., from Latin com- (“with”) + petō (“I seek, I aim for, I strive for”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Late Latin competere to strive together from Latin to coincide, be suitable com- com- petere to seek pet- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Compete Sentence Examples

  • Well, for starters, I'd have had to compete with every other guy in school.

  • The native manufacturers are quite able to compete in peninsular markets with foreign rivals.

  • Elean officials, who not only adjudged the prizes at Olympia; but decided who should be admitted to compete, marked the national aspect of their functions by assuming the title of Hellanodicae.

  • Now there is one less hunter to compete with me for the precious little ones.

  • American sheetings compete with Lancashire goods in the China market.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOM

Words Ending With

ETEETE

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compete

Words Starting With C and Ending With E

Starts With C & Ends With EStarts With CO & Ends With EStarts With C & Ends With TE

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With C7 Letter Words Ending With E