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Definition: Competitive |
CompetitiveAdjective1. Involving competition or competitiveness; "competitive games"; "to improve one's competitive position". 2. Subscribing to capitalistic competition. 3. Showing a fighting disposition without self-seeking; "highly competitive sales representative"; "militant in fighting for better wages for workers"; "his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "competitive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| COMSTAT | English | Competitive Statistical Analysis | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: CompetitiveSynonyms: competitory (adj), free-enterprise(a) (adj), militant (adj), private-enterprise(a) (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: noncompetitive (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Contention | Competitive, rival; belligerent; contentious, combative, bellicose, unpeaceful; warlike; quarrelsome; pugnacious; pugilistic, gladiatorial; palestric, palestrical. |
Opposition | Competitive, emulous. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | It is recommended that patients with those conditions remain active but not participate in vigorous or competitive athletics. (references) | |
Are appropriate and enjoyable for children of all skill levels and are not limited to competitive sports or physical education classes. (references) | ||
People who have Marfan syndrome should avoid competitive and contact sports because of their underlying cardiac, ocular, and skeletal problems. (references) | ||
Business | Making U.S. exports more competitive. (references) | |
The Guatemalan market is competitive. (references) | ||
The reduction will make exports more competitive. (references) | ||
Children | Belarus | Higher education also is available at no cost on a competitive basis. (references) |
Brazil | The state government also created interagency committees to consult with NGO's on how to provide more access for persons with disabilities to buildings, employment opportunities, and competitive sports. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Hungary | There were numerous publications that made the local print market much more competitive. (references) |
Economic History | Poland | Unit costs remain competitive. (references) |
Costa Rica | Price is a major competitive factor. (references) | |
Hungary | The medical market is very competitive. (references) | |
Human Rights | Guatemala | The former PMA members were not subjected to a competitive selection process but were screened carefully before they were allowed to enter the program. (references) |
Tajikistan | Political pressures, the central Government's lack of control over violently competitive factions within and outside the Government, and a lack of professional resources hamper police efforts to investigate disappearances. (references) | |
Political Economy | TURKEY | It nominally follows competitive bidding procedures for tenders. (references) |
Political Rights | Haiti | In practice the political system remains in transition from a dictatorial system to a more open and competitive one. (references) |
China | Although the CCP vets at least to some degree candidates for all elections above the village level, many county and provincial elections are competitive, with more candidates running than there are seats available. (references) | |
Yemen | In addition the President was not opposed by a truly competitive candidate because the candidate selected by the leftist opposition coalition did not receive from the GPC-dominated Parliament the minimum number of votes required to run (the other opposition party chose not to run its own candidate, despite its seats in Parliament). (references) | |
Trade | Luxembourg | In today's marketplace, quality is a competitive advantage. (references) |
Eq. Guinea | Supplier credit, therefore, is often a determining factor in a competitive sale. (references) | |
Cyprus | These developments are helping U.S. exports to Cyprus become more competitive than ever. (references) | |
Travel | Ghana | Consultants charge internationally competitive rates. (references) |
Egypt | The Egyptian market is a complex and highly competitive one. (references) | |
Oman | Placement for foreign medical personnel is very competitive. (references) | |
Women | China | Women with advanced degrees report an increase in discrimination in the hiring process as the job distribution system has opened up and become more competitive and market driven. (references) |
Worker Rights | Samoa | Wages in the private sector are determined by competitive demand for the required skills. (references) |
Gabon | All companies in the modern wage sector pay competitive wages and grant generous fringe benefits required by law, including maternity leave and 6 weeks of annual paid vacation. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | Responsible corporations retain useless employees and give them raises and ignore the global competitive marketplace. |
Tony Orlando | Progressive rock was happening. And I just didn't think it would be competitive. Low and behold, not only was it a hit, it changed my life and became the signature theme song for me. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Monopoly, not being subject to competitive pressure, is slow to take advantage of technical advances which would lower prices or improve quality. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Efficient expansion at home, stimulating the new plant and technology that can make our goods more competitive, is also the key to the international balance of payments problem. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | We are willing to give them competitive access to our market, asking only that they do the same for us. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | As a result, the first general competitive federal coal lease sale in ten years will be held this month. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | It's widely said that America is losing her competitive edge. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | In the tough competitive markets around the world, America faces the great challenges and great opportunities. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | My budget includes a comprehensive plan to reform Medicare, to make it more efficient and competitive. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Competitive" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.10% of the time. "Competitive" is used about 3,675 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.1% | 3,642 | 2,669 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.79% | 29 | 64,444 |
| Noun (common) | 0.08% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,675 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Competitive Technologies, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "competitive": at competitive prices ♦ become competitive ♦ competitive Access Provider ♦ Competitive Behavior ♦ Competitive Bidding ♦ competitive demand ♦ competitive edge ♦ competitive examination ♦ competitive market ♦ Competitive Medical Plans ♦ competitive pacing ♦ competitive price ♦ competitive service ♦ competitive sports ♦ competitive tender ♦ competitive zeal ♦ gain a competitive edge ♦ local competitive tendering. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "competitive": competitive-strengths. | |
Ending with "competitive": anti-competitive, highly-competitive, non-competitive, over-competitive, price-competitive, pro-competitive, ultra-competitive. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "competitive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | me konkurs, me konkurrim, konkurrues (competitor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | متبارى (contestant), تنافسي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | състезателен (agonistic, emulative, racing), конкурсен, конкуриращ (rival). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 竞争 (Compete, Competed, Competing, Competition, Rivalries, rivalry, Vie, Vied, Vying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ctižádostivý (ambitious), závodní, soutìživý, konkurenceschopný, konkurenèní. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | competitiv. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | competitief. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kilpailukykyinen (able to compete). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | compétitif, compétitif. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | konkurrenzfähig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συναγωνιστικόσ (emulative), ανταγωνιστικόσ (antagonistic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תחרותי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | versenyképes, verseny- (racing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | bertanding. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | competitivo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | け"気 (competitive spirit, spirit of rivalry), 競争関係 (competitive relationship), 競争力 (competitive power), 競争価 (competitive price), 競争心 (competitive spirit), 競争市 (competitive market), 競 (competitive showing of films), 相見積り (competitive bids or bidding), 共進会 (competitive exhibition, prize show), "評会 (competitive show, fair). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きょうそうし" (competitive spirit), きょうそうしじょう (competitive market), きょうそうかかく (competitive price), きょうそうか"けい (competitive relationship), きょうそうりょく (competitive power), きょうし"かい (competitive exhibition, prize show), きょうえい (breaststroke, competitive showing of films, joint management, mutual prosperity, swimming race), ひ"ぴょうかい (competitive show, fair), まけ"き (competitive spirit, spirit of rivalry), あいみつもり (competitive bids or bidding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 경쟁 (Competition, Rivaling, Rivalling, Rivalries, rivalry, Vying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cohirreydagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ompetitivecay competitivo. (various references) concurent (co operative, competing, competitor, contestant, entrant, fighter, rival), competitiv. (various references) соперничающий (rival, vying), конкурсный, конкурирующий. (various references) takmičarski (emulous), konkurentan. (various references) competitivo. (various references) konkurrenskraftig. (various references) yarışmaya dayanan, rekabete dayanan, rekabet edebilen, rakip olan, hırslı (ambitious, angry, avid, covetous, greedy, greedy for, high-flying, impassioned, passionate, uptight, voracious). (various references) суперницький, кокурентоспроможний, конкусний, конкуруючий (rival). (various references) cạnh tranh (emulation, emulously, rival), đua tranh cuộc thi tuyển. (various references) cystadleuol. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "competitive": competitively, competitiveness, competitivenesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "competitive": anticompetitive, hypercompetitive, noncompetitive, supercompetitive, uncompetitive. (additional references) | |
Words containing "competitive": uncompetitiveness, uncompetitivenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Competitive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: compatative, compeditive, comperitive, competative, competetive, competit, competiteve, competitiv, competitivc, competitives, competitve, compositive, conpetitive, contestative. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "competitive" (pronounced kumpe"tutiv) |
| 10 | k u m p e" t u t i v | anticompetitive, noncompetitive, uncompetitive. |
| 7 | -p e" t u t i v | repetitive. |
| 6 | -e" t u t i v | rep. |
| 5 | -t u t i v | argumentative, consultative, exploitative, preventative, putative, representative, tentative, unrepresentative. |
| 4 | -u t i v | accusative, acquisitive, additive, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, causative, cognitive, commemorative, communicative, comparative, consecutive, conservative, contemplative, cumulative, curative, decorative, definitive, degenerative, demonstrative, derivative, diminutive, dispositive, duplicative, evocative, executive, expletive, Federative, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, generative, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imperative, indicative, infinitive, informative, initiative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, interpretive, intuitive, laxative, lucrative, narrative, negative, neoconservative, noncumulative, nonexecutive, normative, nutritive, operative, palliative, participative, pejorative, positive, prerogative, preservative, primitive, prohibitive, provocative, punitive, recuperative, relative, remunerative, restorative, secretive, sedative, sensitive, speculative, superlative, talkative, ultraconservative, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, vituperative. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accommodative, accumulative, active, adaptive, addictive, adjective, administrative, adoptive, affective, appointive, appreciative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, captive, collaborative, collective, combative, conductive, congestive, connective, constructive, contraceptive, cooperative, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, deceptive, defective, deliberative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, directive, disincentive, disparages, disruptive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, effective, elective, elucidative, eruptive, exhaustive, exploitive, facultative, festive, furtive, hyperactive, imitative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, ineffective, infective, injunctive, innovative, instinctive, instructive, interactive, introspective, invective, inventive, investigative, irrespective, iterative, legislative, locomotive, manipulative, meditative, motive, native, nonautomotive, nonnative, nonproductive, objective, obstructive, octave, overactive, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, predictive, preemptive, presumptive, preventive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, projective, prospective, protective, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, reproductive, respective, restive, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, seductive, selective, stimulative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, supportive, unattractive, unproductive, unreceptive, vegetative, vindictive. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-i-m-o-p-t-t-v" | |
-3 letters: epitomic. | |
-4 letters: compete, emotive, epitome, meiotic, metopic, mitotic, motivic, picotee, titmice, totemic, vicomte. | |
-5 letters: coempt, emetic, metope, miotic, motive, optime, otitic, petite, poetic, ptotic, tiptoe, victim. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-i-i-m-o-p-t-t-v" | |
+2 letters: competitively, uncompetitive. | |
+3 letters: noncompetitive. | |
+4 letters: anticompetitive, competitiveness. | |
+5 letters: hypercompetitive, supercompetitive. | |
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