Definition of Compete

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Compete

To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen compete with one another.

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Compete Quotations

If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.
Jack Welch

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
Lao Tzu

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.
Lao Tzu

South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village - an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.
Tom Peters

We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion.
Fred Allen

It created a global platform that allowed more people to plug and play, collaborate and compete, share knowledge and share work, than anything we have ever seen in the history of the world.
Thomas Friedman

I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and move upon our common interests.
Audre Lorde

Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them softness, teach them how to cry.
Joan Baez

People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults, but living in the past is not one of them. There's no future in it.
Sparky Anderson

Compete Translations

compete in Danish is konkurrere
compete in Dutch is meedingen, wedijveren, concurreren
compete in Finnish is kilpailla
compete in French is concourir, concourez, concourent, concourons
compete in German is konkurieren
compete in Italian is concorrere
compete in Norwegian is konkurrere
compete in Portuguese is compita
compete in Spanish is competir

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