competitive

competitive

See also: compétitive

English

Etymology

From Latin competītus (past participle of competere) +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv/

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• Hyphenation: com‧pet‧i‧tive

Adjective

competitive (comparative more competitive, superlative most competitive)

1. Of or pertaining to competition.
   • 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Manchester United's Tom Cleverley impressed on his first competitive start and Lampard demonstrated his continued worth at international level in a performance that was little more than a stroll once England swiftly exerted their obvious authority.

   Antonym: cooperative

2. (of someone's character) Inclined to compete.
3. (economics) Capable of competing successfully.
4. (biochemistry) Inhibiting the action of an enzyme by binding with it.
5. (euphemistically, of prices) Cheap, especially used of quality products.

Derived terms

• anti-competitive
• competitive advantage
• competitive eater
• competitive eating
• competitive edge
• competitive exclusion
• competitively
• competitive market
• competitiveness
• competitive person
• competitive tendering
• non-competitive

 

Translations

of or pertaining to competition

Arabic: تَنَافُسِيّ‎ (tanāfusiyy) Belarusian: канкурэ́нтны (kankuréntny) Bulgarian: състезателен (bg) (sǎstezatelen), конкурентен (konkurenten) Catalan: competitiu (ca) Czech: soutěžní (cs), konkurenční (cs) Finnish: kilpailullinen (fi) Galician: competitivo German: Wettbewerbs-, Konkurrenz-, Wettkampf-, sportlich (de), auf Wettbewerb beruhend, wettkampfmäßig (de) Hebrew: תחרותי‎ (takharutí) Manx: cohirreydagh Portuguese: competitivo (pt) Romanian: competițional (ro), competitiv (ro) Russian: конкуре́нтный (ru) (konkuréntnyj) Ukrainian: конкуре́нтний (konkuréntnyj)

inclined to compete

Bulgarian: конкурентноспособен (konkurentnosposoben) Catalan: competitiu (ca) Czech: soutěživý Finnish: kilpailuhenkinen (fi) Galician: competitivo German: kompetitiv (de), wettbewerblich, wetteifernd (de) Hebrew: תחרותי‎ (takharutí) Manx: cohirreydagh Portuguese: competitivo (pt) Swedish: tävlingsinriktad Tagalog: matagisin

economics: capable of competing successfully

Azerbaijani: rəqabətdavamlı Belarusian: канкурэнтаздо́льны (kankurentazdólʹny) Bulgarian: конкурентноспособен (konkurentnosposoben) Catalan: competitiu (ca) Danish: konkurrencedygtig Finnish: kilpailukykyinen (fi) German: wettbewerbsfähig (de), konkurrenzfähig (de) Hebrew: תחרותי‎ (takharutí) Hungarian: versenyképes (hu) Manx: cohirreydagh Polish: konkurencyjny (pl) Portuguese: competitivo (pt) Romanian: competitiv (ro) Russian: конкурентоспосо́бный (ru) (konkurentosposóbnyj) Spanish: competitivo (es) Swedish: konkurrenskraftig Tagalog: matagisin Ukrainian: конкурентоспромо́жний (konkurentospromóžnyj), конкурентозда́тний (konkurentozdátnyj)

biochemistry: inhibiting an enzyme

French: compétitif (fr) Italian: competitivo (it) Portuguese: competitivo (pt) Spanish: competitivo (es)

of price: cheap

Catalan: competitiu (ca) Finnish: kilpailukykyinen (fi) German: konkurrenzfähig (de) Hebrew: תחרותי‎ (takharutí) Portuguese: competitivo (pt)

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kom.pe.tiˈti.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: com‧pe‧ti‧tì‧ve

Adjective

competitive

1. feminine plural of competitivo