Used in a Sentence

competing

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for competing.

Editorial note

The multiple competing interests in SF lead to the general regulatory failure there of not building nearly enough.

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Quick take

Being in the state of competition (often unintentionally).

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of competing gathered in one view.

adjective

Being in the state of competition (often unintentionally).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for competing.

adjective

Being in the state of competition (often unintentionally).

Example sentences

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The multiple competing interests in SF lead to the general regulatory failure there of not building nearly enough.

2

Google has a much better chance of competing against Apple's photo/notes/cloud services than it would beating Facebook.

3

Great prizes, no entry fee, and you won't be competing against anyone who has already sold 2 or more stories.

4

On the other hand competing with Alibaba takes the challenge to a whole new level!

5

When people on salary are competing with millionaires and billionaires for rent, they can't win.

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Or maybe a competing trend will be adopted by different subcultures or something else altogether.

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At the most basic level, training and competing promote intense focus, dedication, perseverance, and hard work in general.

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This is exactly right, pushing language features into user-land just leads to a load of competing equivalent solutions that developers must learn.

9

That does not discount that there are men currently competing in MMA that Rousey has a realistic and good shot at actually beating.

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They'd probably get more publicity if they weren't competing with a popular package.

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Apple needs to first launch a competing service or acquire one of them before they'd pull that move I imagine?

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As those at the bottom age, they find themselves competing with other programmers their age for far fewer jobs toward the top of the pyramid.

Quote examples

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They pretty much have to allow the drivers to drive for competing networks, or qualify "partner" as an employee.

2

I am currently "competing" for time in the lab's cluster so I end up running the experiments in whatever computer I find available.

3

"Native apps are looking to gain the web's advantages too [...] If we stop, we lose." Who is "we" and why are they competing against some implied "them"?

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They seem very oblivious to all the competing ideologies and economic theories out there and they always rush to judge anything that's contradictory to their economic worldview as "socialist" or "communist" like it's actually a bad thing but this should be the topic of another discussion.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use competing in a sentence?

The multiple competing interests in SF lead to the general regulatory failure there of not building nearly enough.

What does competing mean?

Being in the state of competition (often unintentionally).

What part of speech is competing?

competing is commonly used as adjective.