competitive

See also: compétitive

English

Etymology

From compete +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv/
• Hyphenation: com‧pet‧i‧tive

Adjective

competitive (comparative more competitive, superlative most competitive)

1. (economics) capable of competing successfully
2. of or pertaining to competition
   • 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Manchester United's Tom Cleverley impressed on his first competitive start and Lampard demonstrated his continued worth at international level in a performance that was little more than a stroll once England swiftly exerted their obvious authority.

   Antonym: cooperative

3. (of someone's character) inclined to compete
4. (biochemistry) inhibiting the action of an enzyme by binding with it
5. (euphemistically, of prices) cheap, especially used of quality products

Derived terms

• competitive advantage
• competitive edge
• competitively
• competitiveness
• competitive person

 

Translations

economics: capable of competing successfully

• Azerbaijani: rəqabətdavamlı
• Bulgarian: конкурентноспособен (konkurentnosposoben)
• Catalan: competitiu (ca)
• Danish: konkurrencedygtig
• Finnish: kilpailukykyinen (fi)
• German: wettbewerbsfähig (de), konkurrenzfähig (de)
• Hebrew: תחרותי‎ m (takharutí)

• Manx: cohirreydagh
• Portuguese: competitivo (pt)
• Romanian: competitiv (ro)
• Spanish: competitivo m
• Swedish: konkurrenskraftig
• Tagalog: matagisin

of or pertaining to competition

• Arabic: تَنَافُسِيّ‎ (tanāfusiyy)
• Bulgarian: състезателен (bg) (sǎstezatelen), конкурентен (konkurenten)
• Catalan: competitiu (ca)
• Czech: soutěžní (cs), konkurenční (cs)
• Finnish: kilpailullinen (fi)
• Galician: competitivo

• German: Wettbewerbs-, Konkurrenz-, Wettkampf-, sportlich (de), auf Wettbewerb beruhend, wettkampfmäßig
• Hebrew: תחרותי‎ m (takharutí)
• Manx: cohirreydagh
• Portuguese: competitivo (pt)
• Romanian: competițional (ro), competitiv (ro)

inclined to compete

• Bulgarian: конкурентноспособен (konkurentnosposoben)
• Catalan: competitiu (ca)
• Czech: soutěživý m
• Finnish: kilpailuhenkinen (fi)
• Galician: competitivo

• German: kompetitiv (de), wettbewerblich, wetteifernd (de)
• Hebrew: תחרותי‎ m (takharutí)
• Manx: cohirreydagh
• Portuguese: competitivo (pt)
• Swedish: tävlingsinriktad
• Tagalog: matagisin

biochemistry: inhibiting an enzyme

• French: compétitif (fr)
• Italian: competitivo (it)

• Portuguese: competitivo (pt)
• Spanish: competitivo

of price: cheap

• Catalan: competitiu (ca)
• Finnish: kilpailukykyinen (fi)

• German: konkurrenzfähig (de)
• Hebrew: תחרותי‎ m (takharutí)
• Portuguese: competitivo (pt)

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kom.pe.tiˈti.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: com‧pe‧ti‧tì‧ve

Adjective

competitive

1. feminine plural of competitivo