{
    "term": "compete",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "compete",
            "heSheIt": "competes"
        },
        "pastSimple": "competed",
        "pastParticiple": "competed",
        "ingForm": "competing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to take part in a contest or game",
            "sensetop": "compete in somethingcompete against somebodycompete for something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The games were an outstanding success, with almost 2 400 athletes competing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's hoping to compete in the London marathon.",
                    "contextForm": "compete in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Only 21 bodybuilders competed in the event."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are competing against teams of full-time professional players.",
                    "contextForm": "compete against somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is expected to compete for the title of world champion next year.",
                    "contextForm": "compete for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He regularly competes in races."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have what it takes to compete at the highest level of their sport."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She welcomed the chance to compete against professional athletes."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: other sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["effectively", "successfully", "directly"],
                "verb + compete": ["cannot"],
                "preposition": ["against", "for", "in"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to try to be more successful or better than somebody else who is trying to do the same as you",
            "sensetop": "compete for somethingcompete with somebody/somethingcompete against somebody/somethingcompete on somethingcompete to do something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They simply cannot compete in the international market."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Several companies are competing for the contract.",
                    "contextForm": "compete for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Young children will usually compete for their parents' attention."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The result is more applicants competing for fewer jobs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Small independent bookshops find it difficult to compete with the online stores.",
                    "contextForm": "compete with somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "For too long UK shipyards have been competing against each other.",
                    "contextForm": "compete against somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can't compete with them on price.",
                    "contextForm": "compete on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to compete on quality/cost"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are too many magazines competing to attract readers.",
                    "contextForm": "compete to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Small traders cannot compete in the face of cheap foreign imports."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The price must be right in order to compete internationally."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The big companies are competing fiercely on price."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company is prepared to compete head-to-head with the market giants."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their products compete directly with ours."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have to compete with several larger companies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a readiness to compete actively in the global system"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Colleges will have to compete to attract the best students."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Several projects are competing against each other for scarce resources."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success", "Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["effectively", "successfully", "directly"],
                "verb + compete": ["cannot"],
                "preposition": ["against", "for", "in"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpiːt/",
                "audio": "co/compete/compete__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpiːts/",
                "audio": "co/compete/competes__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpiːtɪd/",
                "audio": "co/compete/competed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpiːtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "co/compete/competing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpiːt/",
                "audio": "co/compete/compete__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpiːts/",
                "audio": "co/compete/competes__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpiːtɪd/",
                "audio": "co/compete/competed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpiːtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "co/compete/competing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from Latin competere, in its late sense ‘strive or contend for (something)’, from com- ‘together’ + petere ‘aim at, seek’."
}