Usually means: Strive against others for victory.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word Compete:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. compete: Merriam-Webster
  2. compete: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. compete: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. compete: Collins English Dictionary
  5. compete: Vocabulary.com
  6. Compete, compete: Wordnik
  7. compete: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. compete: Wiktionary
  9. compete: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. compete: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. compete: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Compete, compete: Dictionary.com
  13. compete: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. compete: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Compete: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. compete: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. compete: Rhymezone
  18. compete: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. compete: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. compete: FreeDictionary.org
  21. compete: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. compete: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. compete: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. compete: Legal dictionary
  2. compete: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. compete: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. compete: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. compete: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. compete: Evolution Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. compete: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (compete)

▸ verb:  To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend
▸ verb:  To be in a position in which it is possible to win or triumph.
▸ verb:  To take part in a contest, game or similar event
▸ verb:  To strive to achieve or obtain something which another also strives for, whether knowingly or unknowingly.

Similar:
vie, contend, dominate, competitive, competition, participate, qualify, outdo, succeed, survive, more...

Opposite:
cooperate, collaborate, assist, support, unite

Types:
race, challenge, contend, vie, more...

Phrases:
compete with, compete for, covenant not to compete, non compete clause, non compete, more...

Colors:
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Similar:
vie, contend, dominate, competitive, competition, participate, qualify, outdo, succeed, survive, more...

Opposite:
cooperate, collaborate, assist, support, unite

Types:
race, challenge, contend, vie, more...

Phrases:
compete with, compete for, covenant not to compete, non compete clause, non compete, non compete agreement, compete in earnest, compete for a job, registers to compete, cant compete, more...

Colors:
    red,     blue,     black,     gold,     silver, more...



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