competitive

See also: compétitive

English

Etymology

From Latin competītus (past participle of competere) +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Hyphenation: com‧pet‧i‧tive

Adjective

competitive (comparative more competitive, superlative most competitive)

1. Of or pertaining to competition.

   Antonyms: cooperative, anticompetitive

   • 1947 January and February, “The Transport Nationalisation Bill”, in Railway Magazine, page 2:

     The final remnants of the competitive spirit between companies will be eliminated, and there is no reasonable prospect that the dull uniformity of standardisation will be offset by greater efficiency in operation.

   • 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.

2. (of someone's character) Inclined to compete.
3. (economics) Capable of competing successfully.
4. (biochemistry) Inhibiting the action of an enzyme by binding with it.
5. (euphemistically, of prices) Cheap, especially used of quality products.

Derived terms

• anti-competitive
• competitive advantage
• competitive eater
• competitive eating
• competitive edge
• competitive exclusion
• competitively
• competitive market
• competitiveness
• competitive person
• competitive tendering
• non-competitive

 

Translations

of or pertaining to competition

• Arabic: تَنَافُسِيّ‎ (tanāfusiyy)
• Belarusian: канкурэ́нтны (kankuréntny)
• 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 (de)
• Hebrew: תחרותי‎ (takharutí)
• Manx: cohirreydagh
• Portuguese: competitivo (pt)
• Romanian: competițional (ro), competitiv (ro)
• Russian: конкуре́нтный (ru) (konkuréntnyj)
• Ukrainian: конкуре́нтний (konkuréntnyj)

inclined to compete

• Bulgarian: конкурентноспособен (konkurentnosposoben)
• Catalan: competitiu (ca)
• Czech: soutěživý
• Finnish: kilpailuhenkinen (fi)
• Galician: competitivo
• German: kompetitiv (de), wettbewerblich, wetteifernd (de)
• Hebrew: תחרותי‎ (takharutí)
• Manx: cohirreydagh
• Portuguese: competitivo (pt)
• Swedish: tävlingsinriktad
• Tagalog: matagisin

economics: capable of competing successfully

• Azerbaijani: rəqabətdavamlı
• Belarusian: канкурэнтаздо́льны (kankurentazdólʹny)
• Bulgarian: конкурентноспособен (konkurentnosposoben)
• Catalan: competitiu (ca)
• Danish: konkurrencedygtig
• Finnish: kilpailukykyinen (fi)
• German: wettbewerbsfähig (de), konkurrenzfähig (de)
• Hebrew: תחרותי‎ (takharutí)
• Hungarian: versenyképes (hu)
• Manx: cohirreydagh
• Polish: konkurencyjny (pl)
• Portuguese: competitivo (pt)
• Romanian: competitiv (ro)
• Russian: конкурентоспосо́бный (ru) (konkurentosposóbnyj)
• Spanish: competitivo (es)
• Swedish: konkurrenskraftig
• Tagalog: matagisin
• Ukrainian: конкурентоспромо́жний (konkurentospromóžnyj), конкурентозда́тний (konkurentozdátnyj)

biochemistry: inhibiting an enzyme

• French: compétitif (fr)
• Italian: competitivo (it)
• Portuguese: competitivo (pt)
• Spanish: competitivo (es)

of price: cheap

• Catalan: competitiu (ca)
• Finnish: kilpailukykyinen (fi)
• German: konkurrenzfähig (de)
• Hebrew: תחרותי‎ (takharutí)
• Portuguese: competitivo (pt)

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

competitive

1. feminine plural of competitivo