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competitive
/kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv/
adjective
Eager to win or to be better than others.
- “She is very competitive and hates to lose.”Toofey
- “Capitalism assumes that people are generally competitive, which they are not.”Tatoeba
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0)