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compete English

Meaning compete meaning

What does compete mean?
Definitions in simple English

compete Verb

— If you compete for something, you are working against other people to get it. He competed but failed to win a medal in the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam. Is it a good idea to allow female athletes to compete in male high school athletic events? East Asian countries are successfully competing against Japanese goods around the world. The better teams compete against good teams while poorer teams compete with each other. Health insurance companies have started competing to offer plans for both individuals and families. Their specific products differ and do not directly compete with each other. The Prime Minister said, "this change doesn't have any big impact on our ability to compete with Germany or Japan."

compete

— verb compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

Synonyms compete synonyms

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compete English » English

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Topics compete topics

What do people use compete to talk about?
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation

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Social behavior Behavior Do good to Cooperate with

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Conjugation compete conjugation

How do you conjugate compete?

compete · verb

Examples compete examples

How do I use compete in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I'm not going to compete tomorrow.
I don't want to compete with anybody.
We must cut down on prices; we can't compete.
This would enable us to compete more effectively with other agencies.
He did his best but soon saw that he could not compete with such a fast runner.
If the idiots would compete, you would be second because you are too idiot to be the first.
They say they cannot compete with low-priced foreign products.
Two firms compete with each other for market leadership.
We can't compete with that.
Tom closed his bookstore because he said that he couldn't compete with Amazon anymore.
Tom hopes one day to compete in the Olympics.
We can't compete with Asia.
You can't compete with Tom.
How can I compete?
You can't compete with us.
You can't compete with them.
You can't compete with me.
You can't compete with him.

Movie subtitles

I can't compete with him.
Yeah, but we just thought you were jealous, 'cause you guys always used to compete over who was the leader of the group.
It's a shame Pistachio won't get to compete, after all her training and hard work.
You're far too frail to compete against real women.
Did Mrs. Palmer ever compete?
Dea can not compete with a duchess.
The winning team will compete as individuals.
I feel quite sorry for that poor singer outside. having to compete with this.
It's getting so a girl can't compete with nuts and bolts.
And so it came to Ianto and Davy, the best workers in the colliery. but too highly paid to compete with poorer, more desperate men.
No mechanical contrivance can compete with the voice of a living creature.
Well, if I have to compete with someone, you might at least let me get off on even terms.
But it is a little difficult to compete with basketball and Christmas.
I'm afraid we can't compete with that.
I feel quite sorry for that poor singer outside having to compete with this. Boris?
And so it came to Ianto and Davy, the best workers in the colliery, but too highly paid to compete with poorer, more desperate men.
If I have to compete with someone, you might let me start on even terms.
Hamburg is the most beautiful city of the world, not even Cologne can compete. I'm sick and tired of Hamburg.
No doubt, you were extremely beautiful as a young girl, but your youth could not compete with your age. Your ripeness, your luxuriousness.
Austin, no child could compete with this image you have of her mother.
How could I compete?
He says that master is to compete. but if he does not make good, the bow is to be broken over his head.
But I'm aware that I must compete with those who sang of the burning of Troy.
Let me repeat, ladies and gentlemen, only the 16 best will be eligible to compete for match play, which begins tomorrow.
No reason why a female shouldn't compete.
We're going to compete soon.
In the next month, he will be the Team Leader for the joint officer team of the North and South, and compete against the officers from 16 countries attending the third WOC.
To compete against them. Oh, how about Netherlands. That's right, although they are very tall their teamwork is also very good, but they can't even get into the top thirty with their military capabilities.
Oh, so you're gonna try to compete with me, eh?
You can't compete with a shadow!
Hamburg is the most beautiful city of the world, not even Cologne can compete.
How can we compete with your charm, your chocolates?
I can't compete with the street.

News and current affairs

It took 15 years for other countries to compete successfully with America's Silicon Valley in semi-conductors, but less than five years in Internet technology.
From an economic point of view, the Lisbon Strategy's aim is to transform Europe into a power able to compete on equal terms with the US today and the great Asian countries.
The country has already shown that under favorable conditions its exports can compete and grow rapidly.
Wages and prices fell, but not enough to allow Argentina to compete effectively, especially since many of the agricultural goods which constitute Argentina's natural comparative advantages face high hurdles in entering the markets of rich countries.
For most of the twentieth century, programmers were patently unsuccessful in designing chess computers that could compete with the best humans.
Because all of them compete for these proportional seats, government infighting remains acute.
A decisive pro-women strategy would thus create new momentum for Europe, allowing it to compete with the United States and Asia.
Brazil is becoming known not only for orange juice, but for aircraft exports like the Embraer jets that now compete with American and European producers for the regional commuter market.
And so, after six months of bargaining, a historic deal was struck. Poland would hold free and fair parliamentary elections, and Solidarity would compete.
Russia's military also must compete with foreign customers for those few warplanes, tanks, and other sophisticated weapons that are produced.
But if we can't compete, can we co-operate?
The tragic result is that some of the world's poorest countries cannot export their agricultural goods, one of the few areas where they might realistically compete with the likes of China and India.
What African farmer, despite his lower initial costs, can compete?
Even the preservation of the market itself requires more than self-interest: market participants compete to win, and if they could, would eliminate competition.
Today, Somalia remains a dysfunctional state, as rival clans, jihadists, and an interim government with Ethiopian support compete for power.
To make up the difference, Americans need to compete effectively for a portion of global demand.
The truth is that all the net employment growth in the US economy over the last 20 years has been in the non-tradable sector, where Americans don't have to compete.
Imports of cheap Chinese goods threaten to displace regional production, particularly in labor-intensive manufacturing sectors that are finding it difficult to compete.
How will you help American students compete globally, while ensuring a level playing field at home for talented foreign students and workers?
Another promising development is bioplastics, which have begun to compete with petroleum-based products in certain short-lifespan applications - such as packaging and agriculture - over the last two decades.
Poland would hold free and fair parliamentary elections, and Solidarity would compete.
This suggests that Russia, unable to compete with the world's fast-developing countries, will have to direct its efforts towards protecting its waning assets.
How can we push through the reforms that will cut public spending to levels that we can afford and raise our ability to compete internationally?
In order to compete with China's export-boosting public-private schemes, other Asian countries are now pursuing similar policies.

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