compete
verb (used without object)
to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie: to compete in business.
competed
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past participleof compete.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof compete.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
competeverb (used without object)to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie: to compete in business.
Example Sentences
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One suburban Los Angeles 6U team competed in 108 games over the course of a year, even traveling to Texas for a tournament.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
The gamble - spending its entire basketball budget on Jordan before he had even competed in the NBA - made Nike what it is today.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
For South Korea, another gaming heavyweight, Park So-yeon became the first woman to represent their national team when she competed in Nagoya.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
He said he competed on the same playing field as other L.A. golfers and did not use bots to game the system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
She had gone to parties, played charades, competed in poetry readings, joined a chorus and orchestra.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
