Compete /(?)/

Com·pete

Compete

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Competed; p. pr. & vb. n. Competing

  1. 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.
    The rival statesmen, with eyes fixed on America, were all the while competing for European alliances.