compete

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

• /kəmˈpiːt/
  Play
• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• South-Asia: /kəmˈpiʈ/
  Play
• South-Asia: /ˈkɔmpiʈ/
  Play
• rhymes with -iːt
  Play
• CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M P IY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  Play

Borrowed from Middle French competer, from Latin competere (“to coincide, to be equal to, to be capable of”), from com- (“with”) + petō (“to seek; to aim for, strive for”). Compare Latin competītor (“competitor”).

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَنَافَسَ (tanāfasa) — to contend
• Arabic: تَبَارَى (tabārā) — to contend
• Armenian: մրցել (mrcʻel) — to contend
• Belarusian: сапе́рнічаць (sapjérničacʹ) — to contend
• Bulgarian: състезавам се (sǎstezavam se) — to contend
• Bulgarian: съревновавам се (sǎrevnovavam se) — to contend
• Bulgarian: съпернича (sǎperniča) — to contend
• Catalan: competir — to contend
• Chinese Mandarin: 競爭 /竞争 (jìngzhēng) — to contend
• Chinese Mandarin: 高下 (gāoxià) — to contend
• Czech: soutěžit — to contend
• Czech: konkurovat — to contend
• Danish: konkurrere — to contend
• Dutch: wedijveren — to contend
• Esperanto: konkuri — to contend
• Finnish: kilpailla — to contend
• French: rivaliser — to contend
• French: concourir — to contend
• Georgian: შეჯიბრება (šeǯibreba) — to contend
• Georgian: ასპარეზობა (asṗarezoba) — to contend
• German: streiten — to contend
• German: konkurrieren — to contend
• German: (sich) messen — to contend
• Ancient Greek: ἀγωνίζομαι (agōnízomai) — to contend
• Hebrew: התחרה (hitkhará) — to contend
• Hungarian: versenyez — to contend
• Italian: competere — to contend
• Italian: gareggiare — to contend
• Japanese: 争う (arasou) — to contend
• Japanese: 競う (kisou) — to contend
• Japanese: 競争する (kyōsō suru) — to contend
• Japanese: 勝負する (shōbu suru) — to contend
• Khmer: ប្រកួត (prɑɑkuət) — to contend
• Lao: ແຂ່ງ (khǣng) — to contend
• Lao: ແຂ່ງຂັນ (khǣng khan) — to contend
• Latvian: konkurēt — to contend
• Lü: ᦵᦀᧂᧈ (̇ʼeng1) — to contend
• Macedonian: се натпрева́рува (se natpreváruva) — to contend
• Malay: bertanding — to contend
• Malayalam: മത്സരിയ്ക്കുക (matsariykkuka) — to contend
• Māori: taumāhekeheke — to contend
• Māori: taupatupatu — to contend
• Māori: tauwhāinga — to contend
• Mongolian: тэмцэх (temcex) — to contend
• Polish: konkurować — to contend
• Portuguese: competir — to contend
• Portuguese: rivalizar — to contend
• Russian: соревнова́ться (sorevnovátʹsja) — to contend
• Russian: состяза́ться (sostjazátʹsja) — to contend
• Russian: конкури́ровать (konkurírovatʹ) — to contend
• Russian: сопе́рничать (sopérničatʹ) — to contend
• Sanskrit: स्पर्धते (spardhate) — to contend
• Shan: ၶေႉၶဵင်ႇ (khḛ̂e khàeng) — to contend
• Slovak: súťažiť — to contend
• Slovene: tekmovati — to contend
• Spanish: competir — to contend
• Spanish: competer (disused) — to contend
• Swahili: wania — to contend
• Swedish: tävla — to contend
• Swedish: konkurrera — to contend
• Thai: แข่ง (kɛ̀ng) — to contend
• Thai: แข่งขัน (kɛ̀ng-kǎn) — to contend
• Turkish: boy ölçüşmek — to contend
• Turkish: yarışmak — to contend
• Ottoman Turkish: رقابت ایتمك (rekabet etmek) — to contend
• Ukrainian: конкурува́ти (konkuruváty) — to contend
• Ukrainian: змага́тися (zmahátysja) — to contend
• Welsh: cystadlu — to contend
• Yiddish: פֿאַרמעסטן (farmestn) — to contend