main competitor

collocation in English

meaningsofmainandcompetitor

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main
adjective[before noun]
uk
/meɪn/us
/meɪn/
larger, more important, or having more influence than others of the ...
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competitor
noun[C]
uk
/kəmˈpet.ɪ.tər/us
/kəmˈpet̬.ə.t̬ɚ/
a person, team, or company that is competing ...
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(Definition ofmainandcompetitorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Themaincompetitortoday, particularly for teachers of science and mathematics, is industry and commerce.
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Those are two of ourmaincompetitorcountries.
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Ourmaincompetitorcountries do so as a matter of course.
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Well, from a consumer point of view themaincompetitorof the gas industry is the electricity industry.
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I agree that we cannot necessarily say that we have to follow the example in this respect of ourmaincompetitorcountries.
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The industry says that it needs a package of government support which goes towards matching that provided by governments in ourmaincompetitorcountries.
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It is not in their interests to let us in, or to make life easier for theirmaincompetitor.
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The private enterprise companies, therefore, have to ask theirmaincompetitorfor a licence to continue in business.
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The net effect will be that it will be most unwilling to deliver passengers to itsmaincompetitor, the new suburban rail services.
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One such reason is the failure to take account of the environmental costs of road transport, which is themaincompetitorof rail transport.
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It shows that tests are well-established in most of ourmaincompetitorcountries.
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We want to see interest rates at a level comparable with those in ourmaincompetitorcountries.
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Very different national cultures exist across ourmaincompetitorcountries and any radical change will obviously be a prolonged evolutionary process.
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It would be unwise to look at railway investment without comparing the investment poured into itsmaincompetitor—the road haulage industry.
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So it will not be true competition, in that one organisation will know the true plans of itsmaincompetitorlong before they come into effect.
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Fierce competition throughout the world has led ourmaincompetitorcountries to adopt the policy of choosing a single national champion, which they then support in pursuing export opportunities.
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Can he say what the trend has been since the third quarter of 1969 and how it compares with the position in ourmaincompetitorcountries?
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But the wire service will face the situation that it will need to apply to itsmaincompetitor, or prospective competitor, for a licence to operate.
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We have set out our ambition to increase productivity faster than ourmaincompetitorstates in order to close the productivity gap that opened up over a long period.
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