competitive spirit
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcompetitiveandspirit
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competitive
adjective
uk/kəmˈpet.ɪ.tɪv/us/kəmˈpet̬.ə.t̬ɪv/
involving ...
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spirit
noun
uk/ˈspɪr.ɪt/us/ˈspɪr.ət/
a particular way of thinking, feeling, or behaving, especially a way that is typical of a particular group of people, an activity, a time, or ...
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(Definition ofcompetitiveandspiritfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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He talked aboutcompetitivespirit.
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That is part of thecompetitivespirit.
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It has acompetitivespiritabout it.
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Thecompetitivespiritis an essential part of that.
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The area boards fostered a degree of commercialcompetitivespirit.
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I do not make this remark in anycompetitivespirit.
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We need a tougher and morecompetitivespiritin industry.
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Several areas of our economy have benefited from the injection of a greatercompetitivespirit.
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I am convinced, however, that we must have a much morecompetitivespiritgoing.
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Clearly, there is already a verycompetitivespiritamong milk purchasers.
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I think that there is room for considerablecompetitivespiritbetween orderer and builder.
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Everybody knows that to get a high standard in anything one encourages thecompetitivespirit.
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I do not there-for approach this in acompetitivespirit.
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This is a necessary feature of any policy based on greater opportunity and thecompetitivespirit.
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The debilitating feather-bed subsidy of state saps the vitality of acompetitivespirit.
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There will also be takeover pressure in line with the newcompetitivespirit.
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They say that we should look forward confidently to the future, in acompetitivespirit.
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They have given great vent to their enthusiasm for thecompetitivespiritin industry.
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Let them know the team andcompetitivespiritwhich has made this country great.
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A rigid framework of employment laws imposed right across the continent would destroy thatcompetitivespirit, both here and elsewhere.
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The idea in school sports that there should be no team or individualcompetitivespirithas been encouraged.
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Incidentally, all of these are already publicly-owned ports, but this does not dampen theircompetitivespiritin the least.
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There is acompetitivespirit—or at least, there was—among the types of police, which is not entirely healthy.
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Is not it the case that the morecompetitivespiritnow prevailing among petrol companies increases the efficiency of distribution?
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That stops thecompetitivespiritand it probably saves a lot of hen fish in the late autumn.
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