com ‧ pet ‧ ing /kəmˈpiːtɪŋ/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ competition , ↑ competitor , ↑ competitiveness ; adjective : ↑ competitive ≠ UNCOMPETITIVE , ↑ competing ; verb : ↑ compete ; adverb : ↑ competitively ]
1 . competing stories, ideas etc cannot all be right or accepted:
Several people gave competing accounts of the accident.
a compromise between competing interests within the organization
competing claims
2 . competing products/brands/companies etc products etc that are trying to be more successful than each other