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Competes is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Competes meaning

third-person singular simple present indicative of compete

Using Competes

  • The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of compete
  • In the example corpus, competes often appears in combinations such as: competes in, competes with, that competes.

Context around Competes

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

alpine 1× china 1× team 1× currently 1× earl 1× wright 1× company 1× pope 1×

Often after:

year 1×

Sentence patterns with Competes

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

acquired company competes in a 1× air as competes in the 1× as it competes for attention 1× as she competes with her 1× aspen alpine competes at beaver 1× before he competes in the 1× emilee earl competes in girls 1× go wright competes with ingram 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a cowboy prays 1× aspen alpine competes 1× bokai huang of 1× bosler trains and 1× don sweeney and 1× fuerteventura often described 1×

Common sentence endings:

a popular boy 1× a yearly basis 1× and gran canaria 1× aug 26 2023 1× balloons over 22m 1× growing profitable industry 1×

Words around Competes

Just before it in the word index:

competently 33 competent 654 competency 152 competencies 89 competences 34 competence 360

Just after it in the word index:

competing 2.566 competion 2 competition 10.117 competitions 1.762 competitive 4.298 competitively 113

Similar in corpus frequency:

accolades 394 anthology 394 atp 394 authorised 394 colombian 394 constituent 394

Corpus analysis for Competes

  • In this selection, "competes" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, alpine, china, team and year stand out and add context to how "competes" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include acquired company competes in a and air as competes in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "competes" sits close to words such as accolades, anthology and atp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with competes

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Bosler trains and competes year-round with Hydra Aquatic Club. (10 words)

He is a selfless, team-first player that competes until the whistle blows. (13 words)

Gretsch currently competes in cross-country skiing and biathlon during the winter and paratriathlon in the summer. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

Jess Pope competes in the opening round of the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nev. He scored an 85 aboard Wayne Vold Pro Rodeo’s True Grit in the opening round and has moved up five spots in the season earnings in the first three rounds of the NFR. (50 words)

If O’Neill is good to go, Wright competes with Ingram and Cleveland for a guard spot immediately, and we potentially can consider him as a replacement at RT for O’Neill in 2025 when his cap hit balloons over 22M. (41 words)

It earned raves for Evan Peters’ lead performance, but not only competes for attention with those documentaries, but with Apple TV’+s serial-killer serial, “Black Bird” — which earned raves (and awards) for Paul Walter Hauser’s supporting performance. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

A Cowboy prays during an opening prayer before he competes in the Pro Rodeo Finals on the final at the Denver Coliseum on the final day of the National Western Stock Show on Jan.

All of these skills will contribute to how well a horse does when it competes in one of several equestrian competitions players will find at the equestrian center.

Aspen Alpine competes at Beaver Creek on Friday in final bids to qualify for state, which takes place at Copper Mountain on Feb. 16 and 17.

At U of T, we also have the Blue Sky Solar Racing Team, which competes in the World Solar Challenge, where students from across the world build and race solar electric vehicles.

Bokai Huang, of China, competes in the Men's pole vault final during the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023.

Bosler trains and competes year-round with Hydra Aquatic Club.

But if you're sticking with plain milk chocolate, there's only one that really competes with Cadbury Dairy Milk and that's Lindt.

Don Sweeney and the Bruins front office get a lot of credit for how they’ve built a championship core, and that’s certainly the biggest reason this team competes on a yearly basis.

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Fuerteventura, often described as the "Quiet Island" of the Canaries, is making waves in the tourism industry as it competes for attention against its more famous neighbours – Tenerife, Lanzarote, and Gran Canaria.

Gretsch currently competes in cross-country skiing and biathlon during the winter and paratriathlon in the summer.

He is a selfless, team-first player that competes until the whistle blows.

Houston’s Emilee Earl competes in girls discus during the Division III regional meet on Friday at Troy Memorial Stadium.

Huntley's Alexandria Johnson flies through thre air as competes in the long jump Friday, May 5, 2023, during the Fox Valley Conference Girls Track and Field Meet at Huntley High School.

If O’Neill is good to go, Wright competes with Ingram and Cleveland for a guard spot immediately, and we potentially can consider him as a replacement at RT for O’Neill in 2025 when his cap hit balloons over 22M.

In addition to this, the G502 sports as many as 11 customizable buttons, making it a truly unique and well-priced alternative to many significantly pricier gaming mice it competes with.

In my view, the merger fails the market attractiveness test — that the acquired company competes in a large, fast-growing, profitable industry.

In two weeks, West will be reunited with former Marshall teammates as Herd That competes in The Basketball Tournament.

It centers on Stacy (played by Adam’s daughter Sunny Sandler) as she competes with her friend for the attention of a popular boy.

It earned raves for Evan Peters’ lead performance, but not only competes for attention with those documentaries, but with Apple TV’+s serial-killer serial, “Black Bird” — which earned raves (and awards) for Paul Walter Hauser’s supporting performance.

Jess Pope competes in the opening round of the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nev. He scored an 85 aboard Wayne Vold Pro Rodeo’s True Grit in the opening round and has moved up five spots in the season earnings in the first three rounds of the NFR.

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Common combinations with competes

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "competes" in a sentence?
An example: "A Cowboy prays during an opening prayer before he competes in the Pro Rodeo Finals on the final at the Denver Coliseum on the final day of the National Western Stock Show on Jan." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "competes" from authentic English texts.
What does "competes" mean?
Competes means: third-person singular simple present indicative of compete
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