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competitor
What does competitor mean?
competitor (noun): the contestant you hope to defeat.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use competitor in a sentence?
- You're a competitor. (Tatoeba sentence #6273737 by CK, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce competitor?
/kəmˈpɛtətɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does competitor come from?
Borrowed from Middle French compétiteur, from Latin competitor.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of competitor?
Words related to competitor
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “competitor” mean?
the contestant you hope to defeat
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a room or area for preparing food
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the state of being actual or real
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a building where people go to eat
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Which word is closest in meaning to “competitor”?
rival
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house
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place
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money
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