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compete

verbecourant dans les dialogues

  • //kəmˈpiːt//
  • //kəmˈpiʈ//
  • //ˈkɔmpiʈ//

To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend.

verbe

  1. 1

    To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend.

    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.

    "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."

    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.

  2. 2

    To be in a position in which it is possible to win or triumph.

    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.

  3. 3

    To take part in a contest, game or similar event.

  4. 4

    To strive to achieve or obtain something which another also strives for, whether knowingly or unknowingly.

Étymologie

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”).

Formes

passé
competed
participe passé
competed
participe présent
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3ᵉ personne du singulier
competes
Les pages voisinesL'ordre alphabétique suit les règles de la langue, pas la valeur des octets : un accent ne départage que deux mots par ailleurs identiques, et l'espagnol range le Ñ comme une lettre à part entière.

Contenu lexical issu du Wiktionary, sous licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · Entrée d'origine · Version des données 2026-08-23

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