"compete" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

compete verbo

compete + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 4
ability to compete • chance to compete • opportunity to compete • delegation to compete
verbo + compete
Kolokacji: 34
begin competing • compete without reaching • start competing • allow to compete • try to compete • expected to compete • ...
compete + preposición
Kolokacji: 35
compete with • compete for • compete against • compete in • competed since • ...
compete + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 73
compete directly • compete internationally • compete successfully • compete effectively • compete mainly • regularly compete • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 19
(4) effectively, strongly
Kolokacji: 2
(7) well, extensively
Kolokacji: 2
(9) nationally, domestically
Kolokacji: 2
(10) once, formerly
Kolokacji: 2
(12) fairly, unfairly
Kolokacji: 2
(13) separately, individually
Kolokacji: 2
(15) economically, efficiently
Kolokacji: 2
(16) frequently, occasionally
Kolokacji: 2
(17) exclusively, solely, alone
Kolokacji: 3
1. compete exclusively = rywalizuj wyłącznie compete exclusively
2. compete solely = rywalizuj wyłącznie compete solely
  • Applicants have to compete for university places solely on the basis of the results of their school leaving exams.
  • After that Iglesias went back to endurance racing, in which he competed solely in Argentinian races.
  • Afterwards, Littlejohn decided to compete solely in figure competitions to help save her joints from the stress that many fitness athletes suffer.
  • No longer is Majorca competing solely on price.
  • "If you are competing solely on product, the margin pressure gets to the point of no return very quickly."
  • The marketing is targeted to different regions and, with the use of sophisticated research, to carving out lucrative niches in order to avoid competing solely on price.
  • Entries competing solely at Indianapolis not awarded points for full season.
  • This feat he was unable to match when again competing solely in the discus at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.
  • "Most are competing solely on price now because that's the short-term strategy for survival," he said.
  • He competed solely on the Jackson Florida character until his departure from the company at the end of 2011.
3. compete alone = rywalizuj w pojedynkę compete alone
(18) independently, freely
Kolokacji: 2
(19) collegiately, academically
Kolokacji: 2

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