verb
ADVERB
▪ effectively , successfully
▪ directly
▪
Their products ~ directly with ours.
▪ head-to-head
▪
The company is prepared to ~ head-to-head with the market giants.
▪ globally , internationally , nationally
▪
The price must be right in order to ~ internationally.
▪ aggressively , fiercely , intensely , vigorously
▪
The big companies are competing fiercely on price.
▪ actively
▪
a readiness to ~ actively in the global system
▪ favourably/favorably
▪ economically
VERB + COMPETE
▪ cannot
▪
Small independent retailers can't ~ with the large stores.
PREPOSITION
▪ against
▪
He welcomed the chance to ~ against professional athletes.
▪ for
▪
Animals in the wild have to ~ for food.
▪ in
▪
He regularly ~s in races.
▪ with
▪
We have to ~ with several larger companies.
Compete is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ athlete , ↑ country , ↑ firm , ↑ gymnast , ↑ team