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com⋅pete
[kuh
m-peet] 
–verb (used without object), -pet⋅ed, -pet⋅ing.
| to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie: to compete in a race; to compete in business. |
Origin:
1610–20; < L competere to meet, coincide, be fitting, suffice (LL: seek, ask for), equiv. to com- com- + petere to seek; LL and E sense influenced by competitor
1610–20; < L competere to meet, coincide, be fitting, suffice (LL: seek, ask for), equiv. to com- com- + petere to seek; LL and E sense influenced by competitor
Related forms:
com⋅pet⋅er, noun
com⋅pet⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
Synonyms:
struggle. Compete, contend, contest mean to strive to outdo or excel. Compete implies having a sense of rivalry and of striving to do one's best as well as to outdo another: to compete for a prize. Contend suggests opposition or disputing as well as rivalry: to contend with an opponent, against obstacles. Contest suggests struggling to gain or hold something, as well as contending or disputing: to contest a position or ground (in battle); to contest a decision.
struggle. Compete, contend, contest mean to strive to outdo or excel. Compete implies having a sense of rivalry and of striving to do one's best as well as to outdo another: to compete for a prize. Contend suggests opposition or disputing as well as rivalry: to contend with an opponent, against obstacles. Contest suggests struggling to gain or hold something, as well as contending or disputing: to contest a position or ground (in battle); to contest a decision.
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| com·pete (kəm-pēt') intr.v. com·pet·ed, com·pet·ing, com·petes To strive against another or others to attain a goal, such as an advantage or a victory. See Synonyms at rival. [Late Latin competere, to strive together, from Latin, to coincide, be suitable : com-, com- + petere, to seek; see pet- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Compete
Com*pete"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Competed; p. pr. & vb. n. Competing.] [L. completere, competitum; com- + petere to seek. See Petition.] 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. The rival statesmen, with eyes fixed on America, were all the while competing for European alliances. --Bancroft.
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Language Translation for : compete
Spanish:
competir,
German:
in Wettbewerb treten,
Japanese:
競う
compete
1620, from Fr. compéter "be in rivalry with," from L.L. competere "strive in common," in L., "to come together, agree, to be qualified," later, "strive together," from com- "together" + petere "to strive, seek" (see petition). Rare 17c., and regarded early 19c. as a Scottish or Amer.Eng. word.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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