compete

compete
intransitive verb
konkurrieren (for um); (Sport) kämpfen

compete with somebody/something — mit jemandem/etwas konkurrieren

compete with one another — miteinander wetteifern

* * *
[kəm'pi:t]
verb
(to try to beat others in a contest, fight etc: We are competing against them in the next round; Are you competing with her for the job?) in Wettbewerb treten
- academic.ru/14775/competition">competition
- competitive
- competitor
* * *
com·pete
[kəmˈpi:t]
vi
1. (measure oneself with)
to \compete for sth [with sb] [gegen jdn] um etw akk wetteifern [o kämpfen]
you just can't \compete with him man kann sich mit ihm einfach nicht messen; (fig)
turn the music down — I'm not competing with that noise dreh die Musik leiser — ich schreie nicht gegen diesen Lärm an
2. SPORT antreten
are you competing in the 100 metres? nimmst du an dem 100-Meter-Rennen teil?
to \compete for a medal/money/a prize um eine Medaille/Geld/einen Preis kämpfen
3. COMM
to \compete for customers um Kunden kämpfen
* * *
[kəm'piːt]
vi
1) (firm, country) konkurrieren

to compete with each other — sich (gegenseitig) Konkurrenz machen

to compete for sth — um etw kämpfen or (esp Comm) konkurrieren

able to compete industrially — industriell konkurrenzfähig

his poetry can't compete with Eliot's — seine Gedichte können sich nicht mit denen Eliots messen

he can't compete (any more) — er kann nicht mehr mithalten

2) (SPORT) teilnehmen

to compete for the championship — um die Meisterschaft kämpfen

to compete with/against sb — gegen jdn kämpfen or antreten

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compete [kəmˈpiːt] v/i
1. in Wettbewerb treten, sich (mit)bewerben (beide:
for sth um etwas)
2. WIRTSCH und weitS. konkurrieren (with, against mit):
I can’t compete with him auch gegen ihn komme ich nicht an;
competing business (product) Konkurrenzgeschäft n (-erzeugnis n)
3. wetteifern, sich messen (beide:
with mit)
4. SPORT
a) (am Wettkampf) teilnehmen
b) auch weitS. kämpfen (for um; against gegen)
* * *
intransitive verb
konkurrieren (for um); (Sport) kämpfen

compete with somebody/something — mit jemandem/etwas konkurrieren

compete with one another — miteinander wetteifern

* * *
v.
konkurrieren v.

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