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 ~ advantage over other countries...
Japan is a highly ~ market system...
Universities are very ~ for the best students.
ADJ
~ly
He’s now back up on the slopes again, skiing ~ly in events for the disabled.
ADV: ADV after v
2.
A ~ person is eager to be more successful than other people.
He has always been ambitious and fiercely ~...
I’m a very ~ person and I was determined not be beaten.
ADJ
~ly
They worked hard together, ~ly and under pressure.
ADV: ADV after v
~ness
I can’t stand the pace, I suppose, and the ~ness, and the unfriendliness.
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3.
Goods or services that are at a ~ 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 ~ prices will secure interest from serious purchasers.
ADJ
~ly
...a number of early Martin and Gibson guitars, which were ~ly priced.
ADV: ADV -ed, ADV after v
~ness
It is only on the world market that we can prove the ~ness and quality of our goods.
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