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compete

/kəm.ˈpiːt/

An illustration for compete

verb

to try to win something such as a race or game

  • “The standard of presentations by all competing had been excellent.”Tatoeba
  • “He is seriously competing with her in the polling score.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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