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US
/kəmˈpɛtətɝ, kəmˈpɛtɪtɝ/
]
[ UK /kəmpˈɛtɪtɐ/ ]
[ UK /kəmpˈɛtɪtɐ/ ]
NOUN
-
the contestant you hope to defeat
he had respect for his rivals
he wanted to know what the competition was doing
How To Use competitor In A Sentence
- The retail group outbid all three competitors for space in the shopping centre.
- Is he always a fierce competitor? The Sun
- Competitors have been able to cherry pick the profitable areas, such as business mail. Times, Sunday Times
- No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself. Alfred Tennyson
- News organizations were quick to defend their policies, and some competitors saw the Fox announcement as a potential grab for publicity.
- How can your competitor get away with not adding that tax and ace you out of yet another job?
- The regulator said the proposed undertakings also rely on third parties completing certain actions, and involve complex and long-term behavioural obligations that present risks, creating uncertainty that IOOF could become an effective competitor to the combined NAB-AXA. NAB's Bid for AXA Asia Dealt a Blow
- The mental part of the game has made him a streakier player than most, if not all, of his competitors. STLtoday.com Top News Headlines
- The competitors were close together at the finish.
- He can turn the state of lonely self-loathing into a veritable inferno of seething threats, fans, mockers, competitors.