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.
am competing
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present progressiveof compete (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“I play my best when I am competing and playing week after week,” Williams said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2019
“As long as we have a viable path to victory, I am competing until the end,” Cruz said.
From MSNBC ● May 2, 2016
I played much, much better than a lot of finals when I am competing at 100%.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 18, 2013
"I've sometimes made mistakes about what I've said, but I'm not competing with Bill Clinton, I am competing with his ideas."
From Time Magazine Archive
If I can go from New York to London in a day, instead of in a week, so also can those against whom I am competing.
From The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 by B. O. (Benjamin Orange) Flower
