competitive world

collocation in English

meaningsofcompetitiveandworld

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competitive
adjective
uk
/kəmˈpet.ɪ.tɪv/
us
/kəmˈpet̬.ə.t̬ɪv/
involving ...
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world
noun
uk
/wɜːld/
us
/wɝːld/
the earth and all the people, places, and things ...
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(Definition ofcompetitiveandworldfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Socialising is essential to face thecompetitiveworld.
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In an increasinglycompetitiveworld, corrupt practices provided an advantage in obtaining market entry.
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This staging of the self refers to a highlycompetitiveworld, which in return explains this authorial strategy.
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We are living in acompetitiveworld.
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We have a verycompetitiveworld.
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We live in acompetitiveworld.
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We must live in acompetitiveworld.
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This is a highlycompetitiveworld.
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They are ideals in acompetitiveworld.
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Indeed, they live in acompetitiveworld.
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Thirdly, this is acompetitiveworld.
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It is in acompetitiveworld.
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The model consists of a host country whose firms finance projects by borrowing from abroad at an interest rate determined bycompetitiveworldmarkets.
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Acknowledgments reveal authorial strategies, the staging of a public persona, the pursuit or display of symbolic capital in a highlycompetitiveworld.
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Although some firms may use different technologies, we assume that all firms produce the identical product, which is then exported to acompetitiveworldmarket.
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In acompetitiveworldwe cannot afford that.
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They are living in acompetitiveworlddominated by neither.
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However, we are living in acompetitiveworld.
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We are now operating in an increasinglycompetitiveworld.
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That is thecompetitiveworldprice less the duty.
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Those were exports in a verycompetitiveworld.
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In acompetitiveworld, pressures for more construction are inevitable.
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Investment is crucial to our survival in thiscompetitiveworld.
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In acompetitiveworld, however, there must be change.
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