competes
Saykuhm-PEETS/kəmˈpits/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of compete.
He competes professionally on the international tennis circuit.
The small bakery competes with two large chains on the same street.
Note
One spelling carries every meaning of compete at once: contending with a rival, simply taking part in a contest, or striving for something another also wants, knowingly or not. Context decides which. A runner who competes in a race needs no particular rival, while a firm that competes with another for customers has one. The rival takes with, the prize takes for, and the event takes in.
competes is a form of compete
compete, verb: To contend with another in a rivalry for the same thing, position, or reward. Full entry
- Spelling
- compete → competes: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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