Verb

1.

compete - compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others try for, go for - make an attempt at achieving something; "She tried for the Olympics" play - participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" run off - decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff run - compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first" rival - be the rival of, be in competition with; "we are rivaling for first place in the race" emulate - compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with; "This artist's drawings cannot emulate his water colors" rival, equal, match, touch - be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"

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競争する争う張り合う

경쟁하다

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แข่งขัน

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compete

to try to beat others in a contest, fight etc. We are competing against them in the next round; Are you competing with her for the job?

1. the act of competing; rivalry. Competition makes children try harder.

2. people competing for a prize etc. There's a lot of competition for this job.

1. (of a person) enjoying competition. a competitive child.

2. (of a price etc) not expensive, therefore able to compete successfully with the prices etc of rivals.

3. (of sport etc) organised in such a way as to produce a winner. I prefer hill-climbing to competitive sports.

a person etc who takes part in a competition; a rival. All the competitors finished the race.

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