Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, involving, or determined by competition.
  • adjective Liking competition or inclined to compete.
  • adjective Biochemistry Relating to the inhibition of enzyme activity that results from the reversible combination of an enzyme with an alternate compound and prevents normal substrate binding.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to or involving competition; characterized by or requiring competition; competing.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; competitory.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective economics capable of competing successfully
  • adjective of or pertaining to competition
  • adjective inclined to compete
  • adjective biochemistry inhibiting the action of an enzyme by binding with it
  • adjective euphemistically cheap, especially used of quality products

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective showing a fighting disposition
  • adjective involving competition or competitiveness
  • adjective subscribing to capitalistic competition

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Examples

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  • No. I'm not going to say but we think the vast majority of our products are what we call competitive which is either at or below anywhere else you can find them.

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  • The New York Fed, working with a unit of BlackRock Inc., will sell the securities individually and in portions "over time as market conditions warrant" through what they called a competitive sales process.

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  • I look back on my experience at camp as being quite instrumental in leading me toward what I call competitive appreciation for associating with other people: having standards set for you, set by other people, or standards you would set for yourself.

    First Man James R. Hansen 2005

  • I look back on my experience at camp as being quite instrumental in leading me toward what I call competitive appreciation for associating with other people: having standards set for you, set by other people, or standards you would set for yourself.

    First Man James R. Hansen 2005

  • I look back on my experience at camp as being quite instrumental in leading me toward what I call competitive appreciation for associating with other people: having standards set for you, set by other people, or standards you would set for yourself.

    First Man James R. Hansen 2005

  • I look back on my experience at camp as being quite instrumental in leading me toward what I call competitive appreciation for associating with other people: having standards set for you, set by other people, or standards you would set for yourself.

    First Man James R. Hansen 2005

  • But it will be seen to apply in its essentials to what we call competitive industry.

    The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice Stephen Leacock 1906

  • Google is offering the card to select U.S. clients with what it calls a competitive interest rate, an ample credit line and no annual fee.

    unknown title 2011

  • Google is offering the card to select U.S. clients with what it calls a competitive interest rate, an ample credit line and no annual fee.

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