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  • English Word Competing Definition of Compete
  • English Word Competition Definition The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with.
  • English Word Competitive Definition Of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; competitory; as, a competitive examination.
  • English Word Competitor Definition One who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; a rival.
  • English Word Competitor Definition An associate; a confederate.
  • English Word Competitory Definition Acting in competition; competing; rival.
  • English Word Competitress Definition A woman who competes.
  • English Word Competitrix Definition A competitress.
  • English Word Compilation Definition The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
  • English Word Compilation Definition That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
  • English Word Compilator Definition Compiler.
  • English Word Compile Definition To put together; to construct; to build.
  • English Word Compile Definition To contain or comprise.
  • English Word Compile Definition To put together in a new form out of materials already existing; esp., to put together or compose out of materials from other books or documents.
  • English Word Compile Definition To write; to compose.
  • English Word Compiled Definition of Compile
  • English Word Compilement Definition Compilation.
  • English Word Compiler Definition One who compiles; esp., one who makes books by compilation.
  • English Word Compiling Definition of Compile
  • English Word Compinge Definition To compress; to shut up.
  • English Word Complacence Definition Alt. of Complacency
  • English Word Complacency Definition Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification.
  • English Word Complacency Definition The cause of pleasure or joy.
  • English Word Complacency Definition The manifestation of contentment or satisfaction; good nature; kindness; civility; affability.
  • English Word Complacent Definition Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as, a complacent temper; a complacent smile.
  • English Word Complacential Definition Marked by, or causing, complacence.
  • English Word Complacently Definition In a complacent manner.
  • English Word Complain Definition To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly used with of. Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.
  • English Word Complain Definition To make a formal accusation; to make a charge.
  • English Word Complain Definition To lament; to bewail.