competitive
com·pe·ti·tive
adjective
1.
involving competition or competitiveness
- “competitive games”
- “to improve one”
2.
subscribing to capitalistic competition
3.
showing a fighting disposition without self-seeking
- “highly competitive sales representative”
- “militant in fighting for better wages for workers”
- “his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy”
Origin
From Latin competītus (past participle of competere) + -ive.
Phrases
- competitive advantage
- competitive authoritarianism
- competitive eater
- competitive eating
- competitive edge
- competitive exclusion
- competitive market
- competitive person
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