## Meanings
1. To take part in a contest, game, or similar event.
2. To try to do better than others in order to win something, such as a prize, job, or customers.
3. To be good enough to have a real chance of winning or succeeding.

## Examples
- Hundreds of runners competed in the city marathon.
- Small shops find it hard to compete with the big supermarkets.
- With this new product, we can finally compete on the world stage.

## Antonyms
- cooperate

## Derived Forms
- competimer
- coopete
- non-compete
- noncompete
- outcompete
- recompete

## Related Forms
- competent
- competition
- competitor

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *peth₂-
- Root: competer
- Root: competō

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French competer, from Latin competere (“to coincide, to be equal to, to be capable of”), from com- (“with”) + petō (“to seek; to aim for, strive for”). Compare Latin competītor (“competitor”).

## AI Etymology
compete is a verb. It was borrowed from Middle French competer, from Latin competere (“to coincide, to be equal to, to be capable of”), from com- (“with”) + petō (“to seek; to aim for, strive for”). Compare Latin competītor (“competitor”). Historical forms in the chain include *peth₂- (Proto-Indo-European), competer (Middle French), and competō (Latin). Current senses include to take part in a contest, game, or similar event, to try to do better than others in order to win something, such as a prize, job, or customers, and to be good enough to have a real chance of winning or succeeding. Derived forms include competimer, coopete, non-compete, noncompete, and outcompete. Related words include competent, competition, and competitor.

## Topics
- Sports & Fitness

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