Compete Competing Kəmˈpiːt Companies Price Young Children Attention

• 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.

compete

1. 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.
2. 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’.