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Antonyms for compete
kəmˈpitcom·pete

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.7 / 9 votes

  1. compete

    Antonyms:
    participate, share

    Synonyms:
    contend, rival, cope, emulate

Princeton's WordNet2.8 / 5 votes

  1. compete, vie, contendverb

    compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

    Synonyms:
    fence, fight, make do, repugn, deal, vie, manage, struggle, debate, argue, postulate, grapple, contend, cope, make out, get by, contest

How to use compete in a sentence?

  1. Abeba Aregawi:

    I haven't managed to compete this year, so if it's OK to run on last year's times I want to compete, but because I haven't heard anything from the Swedish Olympic Committee I don't know if I can compete.

  2. Adekunle Salau:

    There is no doubt that Abuja and Lagos will benefit tremendously from high end ?commercial and residential real estates, my expectation is that if this is executed to plan, Abuja will be able to host world class conferences and compete favorably with Johannesburg and Cape town for international events.

  3. Bradley Opdike:

    What happens with the sediment is it just smothers it, while higher nutrients cause algae to out-compete the corals.

  4. Jamie Hodari:

    The dominant trend right now in commercial real estate is this increasing push for flexibility among tenants, you just can't compete for talent anymore if people walk into your office and it looks unpleasant and unhappy and outdated.

  5. Dan Kanninen:

    We will compete everywhere, our campaign is building the most robust national organization and infrastructure to beat Donald Trump.

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