We used to compete furiously in college.
Source: tatoeba (22825)
Compete
//kəmˈpiːt//
Synonyms for "compete" (55 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (27)
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More general
2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
6 entrieshas first_subevent
5 entrieshas last_subevent
2 entrieshas prerequisite
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
has subevent
10 entriesmotivated by_goal
15 entriesrelated to
12 entriesTranslations
68 translations across 43 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀγωνίζομαι verb (to contend)
Arabic
2 entries- تَبَارَى verb (to contend)
- تَنَافَسَ verb (to contend)
Armenian
1 entries- մրցել verb (to contend)
Belarusian
1 entries- сапе́рнічаць verb (to contend)
Bulgarian
3 entries- съпернича verb (to contend)
- съревновавам се verb (to contend)
- състезавам се verb (to contend)
Catalan
1 entries- competir verb (to contend)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 競爭 /竞争 verb (to contend)
- 高下 verb (to contend)
Czech
2 entries- konkurovat verb (to contend)
- soutěžit verb (to contend)
Danish
1 entries- konkurrere verb (to contend)
Dutch
1 entries- wedijveren verb (to contend)
Esperanto
1 entries- konkuri verb (to contend)
Finnish
1 entries- kilpailla verb (to contend)
French
2 entries- concourir verb (to contend)
- rivaliser verb (to contend)
Georgian
2 entries- ასპარეზობა verb (to contend)
- შეჯიბრება verb (to contend)
German
3 entries- (sich) messen verb (to contend)
- konkurrieren verb (to contend)
- streiten verb (to contend)
Hebrew
1 entries- התחרה verb (to contend)
Hungarian
1 entries- versenyez verb (to contend)
Italian
2 entries- competere verb (to contend)
- gareggiare verb (to contend)
Japanese
4 entries- 争う verb (to contend)
- 勝負する verb (to contend)
- 競う verb (to contend)
- 競争する verb (to contend)
Khmer
1 entries- ប្រកួត verb (to contend)
Lao
2 entries- ແຂ່ງ verb (to contend)
- ແຂ່ງຂັນ verb (to contend)
Latvian
1 entries- konkurēt verb (to contend)
Lü
1 entries- ᦵᦀᧂᧈ verb (to contend)
Macedonian
1 entries- се натпрева́рува verb (to contend)
Malay
1 entries- bertanding verb (to contend)
Malayalam
1 entries- മത്സരിയ്ക്കുക verb (to contend)
Mongolian
1 entries- тэмцэх verb (to contend)
Māori
3 entries- taumāhekeheke verb (to contend)
- taupatupatu verb (to contend)
- tauwhāinga verb (to contend)
Polish
1 entries- konkurować verb (to contend)
Portuguese
2 entries- competir verb (to contend)
- rivalizar verb (to contend)
Russian
4 entries- конкури́ровать verb (to contend)
- сопе́рничать verb (to contend)
- соревнова́ться verb (to contend)
- состяза́ться verb (to contend)
Sanskrit
1 entries- स्पर्धते verb (to contend)
Shan
1 entries- ၶေႉၶဵင်ႇ verb (to contend)
Slovak
1 entries- súťažiť verb (to contend)
Slovene
1 entries- tekmovati verb (to contend)
Spanish
2 entries- competer (disused) verb (to contend)
- competir verb (to contend)
Swahili
1 entries- wania verb (to contend)
Swedish
2 entries- konkurrera verb (to contend)
- tävla verb (to contend)
Thai
2 entries- แข่ง verb (to contend)
- แข่งขัน verb (to contend)
Turkish
2 entries- boy ölçüşmek verb (to contend)
- yarışmak verb (to contend)
Ukrainian
2 entries- змага́тися verb (to contend)
- конкурува́ти verb (to contend)
Welsh
1 entries- cystadlu verb (to contend)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿאַרמעסטן verb (to contend)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Family members should not compete against each other.
Source: tatoeba (24079)
We must cut down on prices; we can't compete.
Source: tatoeba (24415)
This would enable us to compete more effectively with other agencies.
Source: tatoeba (58392)
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