compete Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
    contend; vie.

WordNet

Com*pete" intransitive verb
Etymology
L. completere, competitum; com- + petere to seek. See Petition.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Competed; present participle & verbal noun Competing
Definitions
  1. To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen compete with one another.
    The rival statesmen, with eyes fixed on America, were all the while competing for European alliances. Bancroft.

Webster 1913