{
    "term": "competitive",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to describe a situation in which people or organizations compete against each other",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**competitive games/sports**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Graduates have to fight for jobs in an increasingly **competitive market**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Those businesses are operating in an extremely **competitive environment**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has succeeded in a **highly competitive** industry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a fiercely competitive sport"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A competitive approach to learning is discouraged."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's a fiercely competitive market."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Japan's banks face daunting competitive pressures."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: other sports", "Business", "Working life"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "remain"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "trying very hard to be better than others",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You have to be **highly competitive** to do well in sport these days."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a very competitive person"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had an assertive, competitive manner and asked all the right questions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has a strong competitive streak."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her competitive nature often overshadows the other qualities in her game."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ‘heart-attack personality’ was described as aggressive, impatient, competitive, and ambitious."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "remain"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "as good as or better than others",
            "sensetop": "competitive with somebody/something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a shop selling clothes at **competitive prices** *(= as low as any other shop)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to gain a **competitive advantage** over rival companies"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How do we maintain our **competitive edge**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What is your strategy for helping the company stay competitive in a global market?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to work harder to **remain competitive** with other companies.",
                    "contextForm": "competitive with somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We offer loans at competitive rates."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We aim to provide a first-rate competitive service."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They sell quality computers at very competitive prices."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had gained a competitive advantage over rival companies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "highly competitive prices"
                },
                {
                    "text": "skills training to make our industries more competitive in world markets"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Investment in research is needed to keep Britain competitive with countries like Japan."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpetətɪv/",
                "audio": "co/competitive/competitive__gb_4.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpetətɪv/",
                "audio": "co/competitive/competitive__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 19th cent.: from Latin competit- ‘striven for’, from the verb competere, from com- ‘together’ + petere ‘aim at, seek’ + -ive."
}