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competitive

adjective

com·​pet·​i·​tive kəm-ˈpe-tə-tiv How to pronounce competitive (audio)
1
: relating to, characterized by, or based on competition
competitive sports
a competitive marketplace
2
: inclined, desiring, or suited to compete
a competitive personality
competitive interest rates
3
: depending for effectiveness on the relative concentration of two or more substances
competitive inhibition of an enzyme
competitively adverb
competitiveness noun

Example Sentences

She is a very competitive player. You need a degree to be competitive in today's job market.
Recent Examples on the Web The Lions lost to the Eagles, 38-35, in a game that was more competitive than last year’s 44-6 blowout, but followed a similar disappointing script. Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2022 It is targeted at decreasing U.S. dependency on other countries for semiconductors and becoming more competitive with China, which is set to control 20% of semiconductor manufacturing by 2024, according to a press release from Young. The Indianapolis Star, 12 Sep. 2022 The crowd, perhaps hoping for a more competitive match, started pulling more vocally for Jabeur. Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2022 Profits from Amazon’s dominant cloud service are helping support its struggling retail operations, but such internal subsidization can’t continue indefinitely as cloud computing grows more competitive. Allysia Finley, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2022 If McCray can continue to run new coach Eric Dooley’s up-tempo offense efficiently against the Tigers, Southern could have a more competitive showing than some might expect against its power-conference host. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 10 Sep. 2022 Whether voters care will be tested in November when Porter, who has amassed a $19.8 million campaign fund, seeks a third term to the once reliably Republican district that has become more competitive in recent years. Brian Slodysko, ajc, 9 Sep. 2022 And this past offseason, with Rice head coach Mike Bloomgren fighting for his job, Regalado was handed the reins to the program’s recruiting strategy; charged with making the Owls more competitive for Texas recruits. Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022 Nurses, for example, would be offered a $20,000 salary increase to make district compensation more competitive with the private market. Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

see competition

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of competitive was in 1829

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