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Definitions for Compete

[1] 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.
[2] (intr often foll by with ) to contend (against) for profit, an award, athletic supremacy, etc; engage in a contest (with)

Words related to Compete

contend, play, wrestle, clash, contest, challenge, vie, face, try, spar, battle, fight, essay, bandy, attempt, fence, emulate, rival, bid, collide

Words nearby Compete

compensatory lengthening, compensatory pause, compensatory polycythemia, comper, compere, compete, competence, competency, competent, competition, competitive

Origin of Compete

1610–20; < Latin competere to meet, coincide, be fitting, suffice (Late Latin: seek, ask for), equivalent to com- com- + petere to seek; Late Latin and E sense influenced by competitor

Other words from Compete

com·pet·er , noun
com·pet·ing·ly , adverb
non·com·pet·ing , adjective
out·com·pete , verb (used with object), out·com·pet·ed, out·com·pet·ing.

Word origin for Compete

C17: from Late Latin competere to strive together, from Latin: to meet, come together, agree, from com- together + petere to seek

Synonyms for Compete

battle, challenge, clash, contend, contest, face, fight, play, spar, try, vie, wrestle, attempt, bandy, bid, collide, emulate, encounter, essay, fence, grapple, joust, oppose, rival, strive, struggle, tilt, tussle, be in the running, cope with, go after, go for, go for broke, go for the gold, in the hunt, jockey for position, lock horns, match strength, match wits, participate in, pit oneself against, run for, scramble for, seek prize, take on, take part