competed

verbgo up against in contest

Word Origin & History

1610s, " to enter or be put in rivalry with," from Middle French compéter "be in rivalry with" (14c.), or directly from Late Latin competere "strive in common," in classical Latin "to come together, agree, to be qualified," later, "strive together," from com- "together" (see com-) + petere "to strive, seek, fall upon, rush at, attack" (see petition (n.)).

Rare 17c., revived from late 18c. in sense "to strive (alongside another) for the attainment of something" and regarded early 19c. in Britain as a Scottish or American word. Market sense is from 1840s (perhaps a back-formation from competition); athletics sense attested by 1857. Related: Competed; competing.

Example Sentences for competed

Children and parents were amoral and competed for the same resources.

They competed with and finally crushed their rivals in Tyre, Corinth and Carthage.

Never—she realized it perfectly—could she have competed in femininity with Guardie's wife.

Three times had they competed, without any of them obtaining the first prize.

It was competed for by over a hundred persons in Great Britain and America.

A rude mosquito entered the idyl and competed for my attention.

The Ford Scholarship is to be competed for before Christmas.

In 1793 he competed for another Greek verse prize, this time unsuccessfully.

You speak bitterly—but then, you've competed with that sort.

American and English works then competed on much the same terms.

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