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competitive

  • adjective
  • com·pet·i·tive
  • /kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tɪv/

Of or pertaining to competition.

Other meanings

  1. Inclined to compete.

  2. capable of competing successfully.

Related words

  • competitivity
  • hypercompetitive
  • noncompetitive
  • overcompetitive
  • precompetitive
  • procompetitive
  • radiocompetitive
  • semicompetitive
  • supercompetitive
  • ultracompetitive
  • uncompetitive
  • anti-competitive

Word history

From Latin "competītus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “competitive” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.