compete

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Usage notes 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.3 External links 2 Italian 2.1 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːt

[edit] Verb

to compete (third-person singular simple present competes, present participle competing, simple past and past participle competed)

1. 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.

[edit] Usage notes

A person will compete for a prize received for winning a competition. Two persons compete against one another if they are rivals. Two persons can compete with each other as teammates, however compete with is also used to indicate two persons competing against each other.

[edit] Derived terms

• (one who competes): competitor
• competition

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• compete in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Verb

compete

1. third-person singular present tense of competere