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compete with someone for — contend with someone for, vie for, struggle with someone for … English contemporary dictionary
someone cannot compete (with) — someone/something/cannot compete (with) phrase someone or something can never be as good or successful as someone or something else Companies as small as ours just can’t compete with multinationals. Thesaurus: worsesynonym … Useful english dictionary
something cannot compete (with) — someone/something/cannot compete (with) phrase someone or something can never be as good or successful as someone or something else Companies as small as ours just can’t compete with multinationals. Thesaurus: worsesynonym … Useful english dictionary
compete — com‧pete [kəmˈpiːt] verb [intransitive] COMMERCE when one company or country competes with another, it tries to get people to buy its goods or services rather than those available from another company or country: • measures to enable Irish… … Financial and business terms
Compete — Com*pete , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Competed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Competing}.] [L. completere, competitum; com + petere to seek. See {Petition}.] To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
compete — com|pete W3S3 [kəmˈpi:t] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(business)¦ 2¦(person)¦ 3¦(in a competition)¦ 4 somebody/something can t compete with somebody/something ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1600 1700; : Late Latin; Origin: competere [i] to try (with others) to get , from Latin,… … Dictionary of contemporary English
compete — [[t]kəmpi͟ːt[/t]] ♦♦♦ competes, competing, competed 1) V RECIP When one firm or country competes with another, it tries to get people to buy its own goods in preference to those of the other firm or country. You can also say that two firms or… … English dictionary
compete */*/*/ — UK [kəmˈpiːt] / US [kəmˈpɪt] verb [intransitive] Word forms compete : present tense I/you/we/they compete he/she/it competes present participle competing past tense competed past participle competed to try to be more successful than other… … English dictionary
compete — verb ADVERB ▪ effectively, successfully ▪ directly ▪ Their products compete directly with ours. ▪ head to head ▪ The company is prepared to compet … Collocations dictionary
compete — verb (I) 1 PERSON/BUSINESS to try to be more successful than another person or organization, especially in business (+ with): They found themselves competing with foreign companies for a share of the market. (+ for): She and her sister are always … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
