Tra từ compete - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

com·pete [compete competes competed competing] BrE [kəmˈpiːt] NAmE [kəmˈpiːt] verb
1. intransitive, transitive to try to be more successful or better than sb else who is trying to do the same as you
•~ (with/against sb) (for sth) Several companies are competing for the contract.
• We can't compete with them on price.
•Young children will usually compete for their mother's attention.
•Small traders cannot compete in the face of cheap foreign imports.
•~ to do sth There are too many magazines competing to attract readers.
2. intransitive ~ (in sth) (against sb) to take part in a contest or game
• He's hoping to compete in the London marathon.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
early 17th cent.: from Latin competere, in its late sense ‘strive or contend for (something)’, from com- ‘together’ + petere ‘aim at, seek’.

Thesaurus:
compete verb
1. I
•Travel firms are competing fiercely on price.
fight • • struggle • • contest • • vie • |especially journalism battle •
compete/fight/struggle/vie/battle for sth
compete/struggle/vie/battle with sb
compete/fight/struggle/vie for power
2. I
•He's hoping to compete in the Olympics.
play • • enter • • go in for sth • • take part •
compete/play against sb
compete in/enter/ go in for/take part in a competition/contest/race
compete in/enter/take part in a tournament

Example Bank:
•He regularly competes in races.
•He welcomed the chance to compete against professional athletes.
•Small independent bookshops can't compete with the large stores.
•The big companies are competing fiercely on price.
•The company is prepared to compete head-to-head with the market giants.
•The price must be right in order to compete internationally.
•Their products compete directly with ours.
•We have to compete with several larger companies.
•a readiness to compete actively in the global system
•Colleges will have to compete to attract the best students.
•He's hoping to compete in the London marathon.
•In archery people in wheelchairs can compete on equal terms with the able-bodied.
•Several projects are competing against each other for scarce resources.
•They are simply not able to compete successfully in the international market.
•Young children will usually compete for their mother's attention.