Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to compete
Participle: competed
Gerund: competing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | compete |
| you | compete |
| he;she;it | competes |
| we | compete |
| you | compete |
| they | compete |
Perfect
| I | have competed |
| you | have competed |
| he;she;it | has competed |
| we | have competed |
| you | have competed |
| they | have competed |
Past
| I | competed |
| you | competed |
| he;she;it | competed |
| we | competed |
| you | competed |
| they | competed |
Pluperfect
| I | had competed |
| you | had competed |
| he;she;it | had competed |
| we | had competed |
| you | had competed |
| they | had competed |
Future
| I | will compete |
| you | will compete |
| he;she;it | will compete |
| we | will compete |
| you | will compete |
| they | will compete |
Future Perfect
| I | will have competed |
| you | will have competed |
| he;she;it | will have competed |
| we | will have competed |
| you | will have competed |
| they | will have competed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | compete |
| you | compete |
| he;she;it | compete |
| we | compete |
| you | compete |
| they | compete |
Perfect
| I | have competed |
| you | have competed |
| he;she;it | have competed |
| we | have competed |
| you | have competed |
| they | have competed |
Imperfect
| I | competed |
| you | competed |
| he;she;it | competed |
| we | competed |
| you | competed |
| they | competed |
Pluperfect
| I | had competed |
| you | had competed |
| he;she;it | had competed |
| we | had competed |
| you | had competed |
| they | had competed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would compete |
| you | would compete |
| he;she;it | would compete |
| we | would compete |
| you | would compete |
| they | would compete |
Perfect
| I | would have competed |
| you | would have competed |
| he;she;it | would have competed |
| we | would have competed |
| you | would have competed |
| they | would have competed |
Imperative
| you | compete |
| we | Let's compete |
| you | compete |
Verbs conjugated like 'compete'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'compete'
compere,
complete,
compute,
coopete,
commote,
commute,
compane,
compare,
compear,
compeer,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- contend
- strive, oppose, vie, run, contest, clash, spar, tilt
Antonyms
- contend
- cede, quit, desert, cease
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1620, from Fr.
compéter "be in rivalry with," from L.L.
competere "strive in common," in L., "to come together, agree, to be qualified," later, "strive together," from
com- "together" +
petere "to strive, seek" (see petition). Rare 17c., and regarded early 19c. as a Scottish or Amer.Eng. word.
2. Borrowed from Middle French competer, from Latin competere (“to coincide, to be equal to, to be capable of”), from com- (“with”) + petō (“to seek; to aim for, strive for”). Compare Latin competītor (“competitor”). See: Latin '
competō', Latin '
competītor'.
Sample Sentences
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Negga, who was born in Ethiopia but grew up in Limerick, already has a clutch of Best Actress nominations under her belt for Loving but this is the most high profile to date. She's won rave reviews for her performance since the movie's premiere at Cannes in May, where it competed for the Palme d'Or. [2016 December 13, “Golden Globes going green again to honour Irish talent”, in RTE:]
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"No. But one, or both of those men, may prove to be worse. That second man was Addison Berg, and he's agent for a firm of submarine boat builders who are rivals of dad's. Berg has been trying to find out why we abandoned our intention of competing for the Government prize." [1910, Victor Appleton, Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat, page 70:]
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The idea behind Sir Montagu's gift is that there should be for the amateur clubs a trophy which will take the place of the Stanley Cup, now becoming a trophy for which professional clubs will alone compete. [1909, Cup for Amateurs:]
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Now, when it comes to meeting the larger challenges we face as a nation, I realize that finding this unity is easier said than done – especially in Washington. But if we want to compete on the world stage as well as we’ve competed in the world’s games, we need to find common ground. [2010, Barack Obama, Presidential Weekly Address (27 February 2010):]