| VERB | competition | vie, compete, contend | compete for something |
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| Sounds | vay' | |
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| Rhymes | Levi ... vi / VI: 3 rhymes with vay... | |
| Meaning | compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | compete, contend | |
| Entailed by | contend, fight, struggle | Be engaged in a fight |
| keep up | Maintain a required pace or level | |
| lead, top | Be ahead of others | |
| lose | fail to win | |
| meet, encounter, play, take on | contend against an opponent in a sport, game / game, or battle | |
| overtake, catch, catch up with | catch up with and possibly overtake / overtake | |
| score, hit, tally, rack up | gain points in a game / game / game | |
| win | Be the winner in a contest or competition | |
| Narrower | emulate | compete with successfully |
| equal, touch, rival, match | Be equal to in quality or ability | |
| play | participate in games / games or sport | |
| race, run | compete in a race | |
| rival | Be the rival of, be in competition with | |
| run off | decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff | |
| try for, go for | make an attempt at achieving something | |
| Spanish | competer, competir, contender, medirse, rivalizar | |
| Catalan | competir, contendir, contendre | |
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