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# competitive

«competitive» in Mova's school dictionary: **Wanting very much to win or to do better than others** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (competitive, more competitive, most competitive)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Wanting very much to win or to do better than others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/competitive/#m1)

2) Involving competition, like competitive sports. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/competitive/#m2)

3) (money) As good as or cheaper than others, like competitive prices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/competitive/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in sport, school (competitive games), and shops (competitive prices). It tells the reader about trying to win or being equal to rivals. Phrases: competitive sport, very competitive, competitive prices, competitive spirit.

### examples

- My brother is very competitive, even at board games. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/competitive/#x1)
- Football is a competitive sport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/competitive/#x2)
- The shop has competitive prices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/competitive/#x3)
- Getting into that school is very competitive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/competitive/#x4)
- Our class has a competitive spirit on sports day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/competitive/#x5)
- Being competitive is fine, but be a good loser too. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/competitive/#x6)
- The team played a competitive match against the champions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/competitive/#x7)

### note

Spelling: compet-i-tive (not "competative"). Noun: competition; verb: compete; person: competitor. Adverb: competitively. Opposite: uncompetitive, cooperative.

### In the corpora

- [Under UK grassroots guidance there is no competitive sport for at least 21 days after a concussion, even if you feel fine sooner.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/47-a-knock-to-the-head-in-sport-if-in-doubt-sit-them-out/13/)
- [After a concussion, UK grassroots guidance allows no competitive sport for at least 21 days.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/76-olympiad-body-numbers-clocks-and-scores/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «competitive» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/competitive/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.