{
    "term": "competitor",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who takes part in a competition",
            "sensetop": "competitor for something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Over 200 competitors entered the race."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the youngest competitor in the event"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the most successful South African competitor at the games"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are six remaining competitors for the grand prize of $50 000.",
                    "contextForm": "competitor for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is one of the sport's top competitors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is the oldest competitor in this year's London Marathon."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["strong", "top", "successful"],
                "competitor + verb": ["enter something"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person or an organization that competes against others, especially in business",
            "sensetop": "competitor to somethingcompetitor for something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We produce cheaper goods than our competitors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company is outperforming its main competitors in the US market."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are set to become formidable competitors to American companies.",
                    "contextForm": "competitor to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Japan was not a major competitor for scarce resources such as oil.",
                    "contextForm": "competitor for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has no serious competitors in this area."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The industry is facing increasingly strong foreign competitors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "fierce competitors for the dominant position in the Asian market"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who is your main competitor?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: other sports", "Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["biggest", "chief", "leading"],
                "verb + competitor": ["face", "beat", "outperform"],
                "competitor + verb": ["offer something"],
                "preposition": ["competitor for"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpetɪtə(r)/",
                "audio": "co/competitor/competitor__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpetɪtər/",
                "audio": "co/competitor/competitor__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 16th cent.: from French compétiteur or Latin competitor, from competit- ‘striven for’, from the verb competere, from com- ‘together’ + petere ‘aim at, seek’."
}