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.
competes
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present tense formof compete (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The software maker competes with major rivals such as Google and Amazon for customers and has an AI-powered assistant called Copilot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
Oil competes with AI for space in your portfolio.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Like "being shot out of a cannon" is the closest comparison that driver Susanne Callin can come up with for the extreme motorsport she competes in.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
That would help Oracle avoid borrowing more money itself, keeping debt costs under control as the company competes against larger tech firms with bigger war chests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Justice encouraged Will to join the Boy Scouts, and when he was invited to join his school’s Academic Team, which competes in quiz bowls, she insisted that he try it.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
