transcription, транскрипция: [ kəmpetɪtɪv ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Competitive is used to describe situations or activities in which people or firms compete with each other.
Only by keeping down costs will America maintain its competitive advantage over other countries...
Japan is a highly competitive market system...
Universities are very competitive for the best students.
ADJ
• com‧peti‧tive‧ly
He’s now back up on the slopes again, skiing competitively in events for the disabled.
ADV : ADV after v
2.
A competitive person is eager to be more successful than other people.
He has always been ambitious and fiercely competitive...
I’m a very competitive person and I was determined not be beaten.
ADJ
• com‧peti‧tive‧ly
They worked hard together, competitively and under pressure.
ADV : ADV after v
• com‧peti‧tive‧ness
I can’t stand the pace, I suppose, and the competitiveness, and the unfriendliness.
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3.
Goods or services that are at a competitive price or rate are likely to be bought, because they are less expensive than other goods of the same kind.
Only those homes offered for sale at competitive prices will secure interest from serious purchasers.
ADJ
• com‧peti‧tive‧ly
...a number of early Martin and Gibson guitars, which were competitively priced.
ADV : ADV -ed , ADV after v
• com‧peti‧tive‧ness
It is only on the world market that we can prove the competitiveness and quality of our goods.
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