competing
present participle ofcompete
| 单词 | competing |
| 释义 | competing present participle ofcompete compete verb[I] uk/kəmˈpiːt/us/kəmˈpiːt/B2 totryto be moresuccessfulthan someone or somethingelse: It'sdifficultfor asmallshopto competeagainst/withthebigsupermarkets. Bothgirlscompetefortheirfather'sattention. figurativeTurn themusicdown - I'm not competingagainst/withthatnoise(= I can't/won'ttrytospeaklouderthan thatmusic)! B1 to takepartin araceorcompetition: Are you competinginthe 100metres? The twoathletesare competingforthegoldmedal.
Competing and contending (non-sporting)
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Competing in sport Examplesofcompetingcompeting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In particular, problems of coexistence and exclusion ofcompetingspecies have been theoretically investigated using models based on partial and ordinary differential equations. From theCambridge English Corpus Experiments with doubly driven film flow, in which gravitational and surface tension gradient stresses arecompeting, have uncovered some new phenomena. From theCambridge English Corpus Factor structure and clinical validity ofcompetingmodels of positive symptoms in schizophrenia. From theCambridge English Corpus In that example, the runner strictly prefers realizing some culmination outcome (winning) in certain ways (bycompetingfairly) rather than others (by cheating). From theCambridge English Corpus To hold that one theory is true is not to deny that there are not reasonable grounds for holdingcompetingtheories. From theCambridge English Corpus Even a statement recognizing the value ofcompetinglinguistic standards is too much for some. From theCambridge English Corpus Legal duties were thus relational statements aboutcompetingclaims of individual rights. From theCambridge English Corpus Foraging efficiencies ofcompetingrodents: why do gerbils exhibit shared-preference habitat selection? From theCambridge English Corpus Elections ended and rhetoric became dominated by panegyric and display oratory, rather than a means ofcompetingwith aristocratic rivals. From theCambridge English Corpus If this problem is not solved, too many parties will becompetingwith the result that several parties are shut out of the legislature. From theCambridge English Corpus For the first half of the twentieth century, however, ' care ' and ' control ' existed as symbiotic rather than potentiallycompetingelements within policy frameworks. From theCambridge English Corpus The managers and owners interviewed all saw themselves as supplying a standard service andcompetingon price, as agencies. From theCambridge English Corpus Moreover, agencies that funded wheat production research had little interest in funding research for acompetingcrop. From theCambridge English Corpus In other words, closer historical scrutiny should reveal that pandits represent a wide range ofcompetingidentities, intellectual programs, and social agendas. From theCambridge English Corpus So many identitiescompetingfor so many agendas. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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