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{
"term": "compete",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "compete",
"heSheIt": "competes"
},
"pastSimple": "competed",
"pastParticiple": "competed",
"ingForm": "competing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to take part in a contest or game",
"sensetop": "compete in somethingcompete against somebodycompete for something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The games were an outstanding success, with almost 2 400 athletes competing."
},
{
"text": "He's hoping to compete in the London marathon.",
"contextForm": "compete in something"
},
{
"text": "Only 21 bodybuilders competed in the event."
},
{
"text": "They are competing against teams of full-time professional players.",
"contextForm": "compete against somebody"
},
{
"text": "He is expected to compete for the title of world champion next year.",
"contextForm": "compete for something"
},
{
"text": "He regularly competes in races."
},
{
"text": "They have what it takes to compete at the highest level of their sport."
},
{
"text": "She welcomed the chance to compete against professional athletes."
}
],
"topics": ["Sports: other sports"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["effectively", "successfully", "directly"],
"verb + compete": ["cannot"],
"preposition": ["against", "for", "in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to try to be more successful or better than somebody else who is trying to do the same as you",
"sensetop": "compete for somethingcompete with somebody/somethingcompete against somebody/somethingcompete on somethingcompete to do something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "They simply cannot compete in the international market."
},
{
"text": "Several companies are competing for the contract.",
"contextForm": "compete for something"
},
{
"text": "Young children will usually compete for their parents' attention."
},
{
"text": "The result is more applicants competing for fewer jobs."
},
{
"text": "Small independent bookshops find it difficult to compete with the online stores.",
"contextForm": "compete with somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "For too long UK shipyards have been competing against each other.",
"contextForm": "compete against somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "We can't compete with them on price.",
"contextForm": "compete on something"
},
{
"text": "to compete on quality/cost"
},
{
"text": "There are too many magazines competing to attract readers.",
"contextForm": "compete to do something"
},
{
"text": "Small traders cannot compete in the face of cheap foreign imports."
},
{
"text": "The price must be right in order to compete internationally."
},
{
"text": "The big companies are competing fiercely on price."
},
{
"text": "The company is prepared to compete head-to-head with the market giants."
},
{
"text": "Their products compete directly with ours."
},
{
"text": "We have to compete with several larger companies."
},
{
"text": "a readiness to compete actively in the global system"
},
{
"text": "Colleges will have to compete to attract the best students."
},
{
"text": "Several projects are competing against each other for scarce resources."
}
],
"topics": ["Success", "Business"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["effectively", "successfully", "directly"],
"verb + compete": ["cannot"],
"preposition": ["against", "for", "in"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kəmˈpiːt/",
"audio": "co/compete/compete__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kəmˈpiːts/",
"audio": "co/compete/competes__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kəmˈpiːtɪd/",
"audio": "co/compete/competed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kəmˈpiːtɪŋ/",
"audio": "co/compete/competing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kəmˈpiːt/",
"audio": "co/compete/compete__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kəmˈpiːts/",
"audio": "co/compete/competes__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kəmˈpiːtɪd/",
"audio": "co/compete/competed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kəmˈpiːtɪŋ/",
"audio": "co/compete/competing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from Latin competere, in its late sense ‘strive or contend for (something)’, from com- ‘together’ + petere ‘aim at, seek’."
}