Explore Compete through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
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Compete meaning
- To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend.
- To be in a position in which it is possible to win or triumph.
- To take part in a contest, game or similar event.
Synonyms of Compete
Using Compete
- The main meaning on this page is: To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend. | To be in a position in which it is possible to win or triumph. | To take part in a contest, game or similar event.
- Useful related words include: vie, contend.
- In the example corpus, compete often appears in combinations such as: to compete, compete in, compete with.
Example sentences (20)
At 31, she is now out of the age range to compete at the Canada Games, but she still vividly remembers as a teenager training in boxing wondering why she wasn't able to compete at the event.
Aspen finished eighth in the conference meet and will send sophomore Sara Michelin to compete in two events at state and junior Mykenzie Roy to compete in one.
As such, they’ve qualified to compete at the Footlocker National Club Championships in Victoria in September, during which the top four teams in each State compete over a weeklong tournament.
He later immigrated to the United States in 2016 and pursued U.S. citizenship while continuing to compete before eventually becoming eligible to compete for the American team.
They compete and they compete and they keep competing.
The Ivy League and the Patriot League have announced their conferences will not compete in sports this fall, and the Big Ten and Pac-12 announced last week that their leagues will only compete against conference teams.
Cooper went to the U.S. Powerlifting Association to compete, as they allow trans people compete in their untested division.
Few teams in the AFC can compete on the level of the Patriots, but expect the Ravens and Chiefs to compete with New England for the AFC championship.
Fortunately, the Panther track team will have two opportunities to perform this weekend as they travel to Rawlins on Friday to compete in the Rawlins Invite and to Rock Springs on Saturday to compete in the Ted Schroeder Invite.
Germany's insurance industry is facing stiff competition as the insurance companies not only compete with each other, but also compete with the risk retention groups, government, and self-insurance.
She said that every team that qualified to compete at the state finals in June had been invited to compete again at the nationals later this year.
This weekend, the team is headed to the University of Florida to compete in the state championship tournament, where it will compete against much larger squads.
Trans women should compete with men’s teams until they’ve undergone 12 months of hormone therapy, after which they can compete with whichever team they prefer.
With the rental market so hot, it attracts more investors who in turn compete with end-user buyers for the available inventory putting an ever greater burden on buyers to compete.
Club gymnasts compete once every few months, but the Bruins compete in at least 12 meets over the course of three months.
Hence my own view that keeping current immigration levels while bringing in more immigrants to compete with our economy’s winners and fewer to compete for low-wage work represents a reasonable middle ground.
Just in time for New England and Philly to compete in the big game I can't name, Samsung and Vizio will meet online and in stores to compete for your hard-earned dollars.
Kindergarten through third grade compete in teams of three, fourth through eighth compete as individuals.
Then this past summer, an email from the Hong Kong Curling Association offered me the opportunity to compete on their Men’s team, this time to compete for a spot at the World Men’s Curling Championships.
This program provides funds to start businesses which compete with other private businesses in an area, i.e. a pizza parlor loan for a business to compete with other pizza parlors in a specific area.
Common combinations with compete
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to compete 131×
- compete in 66×
- compete with 44×
- compete for 26×
- will compete 17×
- compete at 15×
- compete against 14×
- can compete 11×
- compete and 7×
- compete on 7×