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UK
/kəmpˈɛtɪtˌɪv/
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[ US /kəmˈpɛtətɪv, kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv/ ]
[ US /kəmˈpɛtətɪv, kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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involving competition or competitiveness
to improve one's competitive position
competitive games - subscribing to capitalistic competition
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showing a fighting disposition
his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy
militant in fighting for better wages for workers
highly competitive sales representative
How To Use competitive In A Sentence
- One thing he does is get up to a little competitive devilry by unveiling the Google Pack, a parcel of software programs that you can download for free (if you have a Windows PC).
- The devaluation of the pound will make British goods more competitive abroad.
- The lingering theory is credible because it is hard to imagine that the restaurant business in most cities and towns is anything but competitive. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice
- We offer a competitive benefits package including medical insurance, paid vacation and holidays.
- Caps can be used anticompetitively - to discourage the use of services that rival an Internet service provider's in-house offerings. NYT > Home Page
- The bayside pizza delivery business must be competitive.
- The series is so competitive that an extra second on a pit stop or getting through traffic on the racetrack can mean the difference between finishing first or fourth.
- England will be thrust straight on to a competitive footing. Times, Sunday Times
- A healthy spirit of competitiveness ran intensely among the groups as they vied with each other.
- Barbie, Toys “Я” Us machine guns—these are “charged objects,” contaminative; they represent the dog-eat-dog world, the obsessively competitive culture that synagogues and mosques and churches strive to keep out. The Barbie Chronicles