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competing

kuhm-PEE-ting/kəmˈpitɪŋ/

2 meanings of competing

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of compete.

    Several startups are competing for a slice of the same small market.

    Competing at the national level requires years of disciplined training.

    Note

    Here the verb is at work, carrying every meaning of compete: contending for a prize, taking part in a contest, or striving for something another also wants, knowingly or not. After be it makes the progressive (they are competing for funding). As a gerund it names the activity (competing takes discipline). Placed before a noun, as in competing claims, it usually shades into the adjective of rivalry.

  2. 2
    adjective
    Being in a state of competition with one another, often without anyone intending it.

    Like several radio stations crowding the same frequency, each drowning out the others.

    Scientists proposed several competing theories to explain the same data.

    Her competing loyalties to family and career pulled her in opposite directions.

    Similarrival, conflicting, opposing

    Oppositecomplementary

competing is a form of compete

compete, verb: To contend with another in a rivalry for the same thing, position, or reward. Full entry

Forms
competecompetes he/she/itcompeting -ing formcompeted past tense, past participle
Spelling
compete → competing: drop the e, add -ing

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