how to pronounce compete

/kəmˈpiːt/

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compete is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of compete in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… could not compete with Buchenwald this …”

meaning of compete

Compete means to take part in a contest or race.

compete frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word compete occurs in english on average 19.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics compete can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that compete can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) leisure and entertainment;

3) people, society, and culture;