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  • 31compete — competer, n. competingly, adv. /keuhm peet /, v.i., competed, competing. to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie: to compete in a race; to compete in business. [1610 20; < L&#8230; …

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  • 32compete — com•pete [[t]kəmˈpit[/t]] v. i. pet•ed, pet•ing to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, etc.; engage in a contest; vie: to compete in business[/ex] • Etymology: 1610–20; &LT; L competere to meet, coincide, be fitting, suffice (LL …

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  • 33compete — v.intr. 1 (often foll. by with, against a person, for a thing) strive for superiority or supremacy (competed with his brother; compete against the Russians; compete for the victory). 2 (often foll. by in) take part (in a contest etc.) (competed&#8230; …

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  • 34compete — /kəmˈpit / (say kuhm peet) verb (i) (competed, competing) to contend with another for a prize, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie: to compete in a race; to compete in business. {Latin competere contend for, (earlier) come together} …

  • 35with */*/*/ — UK [wɪð] / US / UK [wɪθ] / US preposition 1) together if one person or thing is with another or does something with them, they are together or they do it together Hannah lives with her parents. chicken pie served with vegetables and mushrooms I&#8230; …

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  • 36with */*/*/ — [wɪθ] , [wɪð] preposition 1) together if one person or thing is with another or does something with them, they are together or they do it together Hannah lives with her parents.[/ex] chicken pie served with vegetables and mushrooms[/ex] a problem …

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  • 37compete for — phr verb Compete for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑attention, ↑space …

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  • 38compete — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. vie, contend, rival. See contention. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. contend, vie with, vie for, enter into competition, take part, strive, struggle, cope with, be in the running, become a competitor,&#8230; …

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  • 39measure swords with — compete with, confront …

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  • 40List of Married... with Children episodes — The following is an episode list for the Fox sitcom Married... with Children. The series aired its pilot on April 5, 1987[1] and its series finale aired on June 9, 1997 with the episodes The Desperate Half Hour (Part 1) and How to Marry a Moron&#8230; …

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