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Webster 1913 Edition

Compete

Com-pete′

,
Verb.
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 striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize or in business;
as, tradesmen
compete
with one another
.
The rival statesmen, with eyes fixed on America, were all the while
competing
for European alliances.
Bancroft.

Webster 1828 Edition

Compete

COMPETE

, v.i.
1.
To seek, or strive for the same thing as another; to carry on competition or rivalry.
Our manufacturers compete with the English in making cotton cloths.
2.
To strive or claim to be equal.
The sages of antiquity will not dare to compete with the inspired authors.

Definition 2024

competé

competé

See also: compete, compété, and compète

Italian

Verb

competé

  1. third-person singular past historic of competere

Synonyms

Spanish

Verb

competé

  1. (Latin America) Informal second-person singular (voseo) affirmative imperative form of competer.

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