Definitions for compete

compete com·pete

Spelling: [kuh m-peet]
IPA: /kəmˈpit/

Compete is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 137 anagrams from letters in compete (ceemopt).

Definitions for compete

verb (used without object)

  1. to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie:

Origin of compete

1610-20; Latin competere to meet, coincide, be fitting, suffice (Late Latin: seek, ask for), equivalent to com- com- + petere to seek; Late Latin and E sense influence

Examples for compete

M. Provost, my professor, had not wanted me to compete in Zare, but I had insisted.

Good, caring teachers recognized his talent and challenged him to work hard to compete at the highest levels.

Al Qaeda and its Iraqi offspring ISIS compete for recruits and territory.

It also forced banks to consider designing their own Internet money market funds to compete with Yu'E Bao.

In certain elements of grandeur none other can compete with it.

He reasoned with himself, telling himself that human flesh cannot compete with steel.

Republicans definitely have work to do at ensuring they can compete with female voters.

A notably large Irish contingent took part in the infamous draft riots because they did not want to compete for jobs with blacks.

So the most attractive women will compete for your preferment.

In this research you will compete with some of the most distinguished chemists in Berlin.

Word Value for compete
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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