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Compete Competing Kəmˈpiːt Companies Price Young Children Attention
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BrE / kəmˈpiːt / NAmE / kəmˈpiːt / |
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- several companies are competing for the contract.
- we can't compete with them on price.
- young children will usually compete for their mother's attention.
- small traders cannot compete in the face of cheap foreign imports.
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compete(verb)BrE / kəmˈpiːt / NAmE / kəmˈpiːt / - to try to be more successful or better than somebody else who is trying to do the same as you
- Several companies are competing for the contract.
- We can't compete with them on price.
- Young children will usually compete for their mother's attention.
- Small traders cannot compete in the face of cheap foreign imports.
- There are too many magazines competing to attract readers.
- to take part in a contest or game
- He's hoping to compete in the London marathon.
Extra Examples- He regularly competes in races.
- He welcomed the chance to compete against professional athletes.
- Small independent bookshops can’t compete with the large stores.
- The big companies are competing fiercely on price.
- The company is prepared to compete head-to-head with the market giants.
- The price must be right in order to compete internationally.
- Their products compete directly with ours.
- We have to compete with several larger companies.
- a readiness to compete actively in the global system
- Colleges will have to compete to attract the best students.
- He’s hoping to compete in the London marathon.
- In archery people in wheelchairs can compete on equal terms with the able-bodied.
- Several projects are competing against each other for scarce resources.
- They are simply not able to compete successfully in the international market.
- Young children will usually compete for their mother’s attention.
Verb Forms- present simple I / you / we / they compete
- he / she / it competes
- past simple competed
- past participle competed
- -ing form competing
Word Origin- early 17th cent.: from Latin competere, in its late sense ‘strive or contend for (something)’, from com- ‘together’ + petere ‘aim at, seek’.
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