Words Like COMPETE
    
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            9 Alternative Words Similar to compete
   
            
               
            
            
        
       
    
    
        1 examples of compete
           
        
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        tradesmen compete with one another
    
       
    
    
        6 definitions of compete
           
        
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        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.
    
    
    
 
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        compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
    
    
    
 
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        To strive against another or others to attain a goal, such as an advantage or a victory. See Synonyms at rival.
    
    
    
 
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        To seek or strive for the same thing as another; enter into competition or rivalry; vie: with for before the thing sought and with before the person or thing rivaled.
    
    
    
 
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        In political economics, to engage in rivalry in the sale or purchase of a commodity or service; also, figuratively, of a commodity or service, to be open to choice as against some other commodity or service. Thus iron is said to compete with stone in the construction of buildings; water routes compete with railways in the handling of traffic.
    
    
    
 
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        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.