noun
Meaning 1
The state of being competitive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
competitiveness
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/kəmˈpɛtɪtɪvnəs/
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CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M P EH1 T IH0 T IH0 V N IH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
an aggressive willingness to compete
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the team was full of fight
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fight
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: aggressiveness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English competitive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English competitiveness From competitive + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: competitivitat — state of being competitive
- Czech: soutěživost — state of being competitive
- Dutch: concurrentievermogen — state of being competitive
- Finnish: kilpailukyky — state of being competitive
- French: compétitivité — state of being competitive
- Galician: competitividade — state of being competitive
- German: Wettbewerbsfähigkeit — state of being competitive
- Hungarian: versenyképesség — state of being competitive
- Italian: competitività — state of being competitive
- Portuguese: competitividade — state of being competitive
- Romanian: competitivitate — state of being competitive
- Russian: конкурентоспосо́бность (konkurentosposóbnostʹ) — state of being competitive
- Russian: сопе́рничество (sopérničestvo) — state of being competitive
- Spanish: competitividad — state of being competitive
- Ukrainian: конкурентоспромо́жність (konkurentospromóžnistʹ) — state of being competitive
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