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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A DJ performed from a podium adorned with pink disco balls, brands gave away protein drinks and powders and people competed in a pull-up-bar-hanging competition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Over five hours, the families competed in 12 events spanning from Jenga to charades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Pogacar has won six of the seven World Tour races he has competed in this year, finishing second at Paris-Roubaix in April in a dramatic dash to the line with Belgium's Wout van Aert.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Hearn, who competed in three Olympic Summer Games in canoeing, told US media he visited the refurbished pool after a long bike ride and noticed a piece of partially detached liner.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
In fact, at every single meet I competed in for the entire 2012 season, I’d taken first place in vault with my Amanar.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
