COMPETE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does compete mean? 

• COMPETE (verb)
  The verb COMPETE has 1 sense:

1. compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

  Familiarity information: COMPETE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPETE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they compete    ... he / she / it competes   
Past simple: competed   
Past participle: competed   
-ing form: competing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

compete; contend; vie

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "compete"):

go for; try for (make an attempt at achieving something)

play (participate in games or sport)

run off (decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff)

race; run (compete in a race)

rival (be the rival of, be in competition with)

emulate (compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with)

equal; match; rival; touch (be equal to in quality or ability)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

competition (the act of competing as for profit or a prize)

competitive (involving competition or competitiveness)

competitor (the contestant you hope to defeat)

competitory (involving competition or competitiveness)

 Context examples 

Substances that inhibit or antagonize the biosynthesis or biologic effects of androgens by either antagonizing the responsiveness of androgen sensitive tissues or competing with their binding sites.

(Anti-Androgen, NCI Thesaurus)

Substances that inhibit or antagonize the biosynthesis or biologic effects of estrogens by either antagonizing the responsiveness of estrogen sensitive tissues or competing with their binding sites.

(Antiestrogen, NCI Thesaurus)

By competing with angiotensin I for ACE, deserpidine blocks the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II, which is a potent vasoconstrictor.

(Deserpidine, NCI Thesaurus)

Subsequently, cytarabine is converted to the triphosphate form within the cell and then competes with cytidine for incorporation into DNA.

(Ancitabine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, ancitabine is slowly hydrolyzed into cytarabine, which is converted to the active triphosphate form and competes with deoxycytidine triphosphate for incorporation into DNA.

(Ancitabine, NCI Thesaurus)

Nafoxidine competes with endogenous estrogen for binding to specific estrogen receptors.

(Nafoxidine, NCI Thesaurus)

They compete with MYC for the protein MAX and for consensus DNA binding sites and to recruit SIN3 proteins and their associated co-repressors.

(mSin3, NCI Thesaurus)

Aminosalicylic acid exerts its bacteriostatic activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis by competing with PABA for enzymes involved in folate synthesis, thereby suppressing growth and reproduction of M. tuberculosis, eventually leading to cell death.

(Aminosalicylic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

An antibody that prevents some reaction from taking place, for example one antibody competing with another for a cell surface receptor.

(Blocking Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)

Cytarabine is converted to the triphosphate form within the cell and then competes with cytidine for incorporation into DNA.

(Cytarabine, NCI Thesaurus)