English English Dictionary

competitor in English:

1. contender

Now aged 42, he is no longer considered a serious contender for the title.

This restaurant is a serious contender for the best in town.

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2. a rival

English word "competitor"(a rival) occurs in sets:

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3. compete

A fast child may win the race, but even a slow child can compete.

Many students compete to get into the best universities.

There are many sports where you usually compete as an individual.

Agencies compete to win new contracts.

Nordic combined is one of the winter sport events, a competition where you compete on the combination of two Nordic style ski events - cross country skiing and ski jumping.

Our engineers compared this information with similar products being sold in Japan and concluded that they might compete very well.

We must cut down on prices; we can't compete.

Powerlifting is a sport in which athletes compete to lift the maximum sum weight of the three heavy weight events, squat, bench press and deadlift.

More than 5 thousand people competed in the marathon.

1. They should never compete for the same woman. / 2. I don't think I can compete against her boyfriend.

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Every year our school football team competes against a rival school

Hundreds of athletes compete for a gold medal at the Olympic Games.

She's competing for a place in next year's Olympics. Young children will usually compete for their mother's attention.

The trade agreement must provide a level playing field in which to compete.

English word "competitor"(compete) occurs in sets:

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4. organization engaged in commercial or economic competition with others

5. another business that is trying to perform better than your business and others in the same market

English word "competitor"(another business that is trying to perform better than your business and others in the same market) occurs in sets:

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6. opponent

He surprised his opponent.

The manager balanced the strength of his team against that of their opponent and sighed.

The talented young chess player is very bold. He deliberately lays himself open to attack, makes himself vulnerable and then checkmates his opponent when least expected.

Iaido is a form of swordsmanship in which one strikes down an attacking opponent with one blow of the sword quickly drawn out of its sheath, whether the practitioner is sitting or walking.

Off-target. My opponent hadn't been hit.

He resolutely pushed forward from the start, overwhelming and pushing out his off-balance opponent.

Think of your opponent as nothing more than a handful of ash.

Everything was allowed: You could kick, trip, hit, or bite your opponent.

I don't think she's an opponent you can ignore like that ... "That's right, they say a cornered rat bites back, don't they?"

The atheist completely flummoxed her opponent in the debate by asking, "And who created God?"

This isn't my blood. It's all splash-back from my opponent. There isn't a single scratch on me.

Susanne Lenglen shocked the spectators by beating her opponents and winning several major titles.

My opponent was really good, that's why I lost.

Our opponents were too good for our team to beat and we lost the match 3–1.

opponent = adversary = enemy