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compete [ com·pete ]
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1. Strive to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others.
universities are competing for applicants
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2. Be able to rival another or others.
no one can compete with his physical prowess
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3. Take part in a contest.
he competed in numerous track meets as a child
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1. Early 17th century from Latin competere, in its late sense ‘strive or contend for (something)’, from com- ‘together’ + petere ‘aim at, seek’.
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