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Verbs for Competition

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to compete
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to challenge
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to vie
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to race
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to pit
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to tussle
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to duel
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to score
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to win
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to defeat
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to beat
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to outsmart
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to get ahead of
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to win out
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to vanquish
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to prevail
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to rout
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to trounce
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to thrash
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to clobber
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to contest
to compete
to compete
Verb
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to join in a contest or game

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Every year, hundreds of athletes compete in the city marathon.
I plan to compete in the city's photography contest.

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to challenge
to challenge
Verb
ch
ʧ
a
æ
ll
l
e
ə
n
n
g
ʤ
e

to invite someone to compete or strongly suggest they should do something, often to test their abilities or encourage action

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transitive
to vie
to vie
Verb
v
v
ie

to intensely compete with another person in order to achieve something

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intransitive
to race
to race
Verb
r
r
a
c
s
e

to compete against someone to see who is the fastest

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intransitive
to pit
to pit
Verb
p
p
i
ɪ
t
t

to create a competition or rivalry by setting two or more things or people against each other

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transitive
to tussle
to tussle
Verb
t
t
u
ə
ss
s
ə
l
l
e

to struggle or fight with someone, particularly to get something

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intransitive
to duel
to duel
Verb
d
d
ue
l
l

to engage in a combat or competition between two individuals

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intransitive
to score
to score
Verb
s
s
c
k
o
ɔ
r
r
e

to gain a point, goal, etc. in a game, competition, or sport

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to win
to win
Verb
w
w
i
ɪ
n
n

to become the most successful, the luckiest, or the best in a game, race, fight, etc.

lose

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to defeat
to defeat
Verb
d
d
e
ɪ
f
f
ea
i
t
t

to win against someone in a war, game, contest, etc.

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to beat
to beat
Verb
b
b
ea
i
t
t

to get more points, votes, etc. than the other side, in a game, race, competition, etc. and win

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to outsmart
to outsmart
Verb
o
a
u
ʊ
t
t
s
s
m
m
a
ɑ
r
r
t
t
Approving
Informal

to use skill and cunning to gain an advantage over someone, defeating or surpassing them through intelligence

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to get ahead of
to get ahead of
Verb
uk flag
/ɡɛt ɐhˈɛd ʌv/

to do better than someone or something

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
get
phrase's particle
ahead of
to win out
to win out
Verb
uk flag
/wˈɪn ˈaʊt/

to succeed with great difficulty

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
win
phrase's particle
out
to vanquish
to vanquish
Verb
v
v
a
æ
n
n
q
k
u
w
i
ɪ
sh
ʃ

to defeat someone completely and decisively

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to prevail
to prevail
Verb
p
p
r
r
e
i
v
v
ai
l
l

to prove to be superior in strength, influence, or authority

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to rout
to rout
Verb
r
r
o
a
u
ʊ
t
t

to defeat someone or something in a decisive and overwhelming manner

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to trounce
to trounce
Verb
t
t
r
r
o
a
u
ʊ
n
n
c
s
e

to decisively defeat the opposition by a significant margin in a competition, race, or conflict

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to thrash
to thrash
Verb
th
θ
r
r
a
æ
sh
ʃ

to thoroughly and decisively beat the opposition in a competition or fight

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to clobber
to clobber
Verb
c
k
l
l
o
ɑ
bb
b
e
ɜ
r
r

to decisively and thoroughly beat the opponent in a competition or fight

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to contest
to contest
Verb
c
k
o
ɑ
n
n
t
t
e
ɛ
s
s
t
t

to participate in a competition, debate, or other such events

Grammatical Information:

intransitive

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