Word "COMPETE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
Synonyms:
contend, vie

Crossword Clues for COMPETE

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Contend company favoured blocking the writer The Times Quick Cryptic 05 Sep 2025
Strive to show up outside favourite (7)
Liberal excluded from entire contest The Times Quick Cryptic 22 Jul 2025
Come without favourite to try for the prize (7)
Pit myself against the favourite in? Come! (7)
Top emcee falling short after struggling in contest (7)
Be in the running to win and wrap it up, getting rid of novice (7)
Take part in a game to win (7)
Strive to make the favourite come round (7)
Play against the favourite in "84" (7)
Race to arrive about favourite (7)
Arrive without favourite in race The Sun Two Speed 02 Mar 2025
Vie The Sun Two Speed 02 Mar 2025
Take part in: - in race, eg
To take part, arrive holding one's favourite animal (7)
Arrive holding favourite to take part in contest (7)
Contest to analyse poem etc. (7)
Contend for a prize The Sun Mini 02 Jan 2025
Favourite has to come round to get into the race (7)
Come round, dear, and enter the events (7)
Enter the race and arrive when the favourite gets in (7)
Strive to produce a poem etc. (7)
Try for a gold medal Family Time 29 Sep 2024
Arrive having entered favourite in race The Sun Two Speed 04 Jul 2024
Vie The Sun Two Speed 04 Jul 2024
Take part in (sports, eg) (7)
Start to contend with an old man taking on a little boy (7)
Arrive carrying the pet to participate in (7)
Dispute, strive or struggle?
Vie Wall Street Journal 17 Jun 2024
Arrive holding a favourite to take part (7)
Take part, sportingly (7) Puzzler 26 Apr 2024
Take part when whole is left out (7)
Firm favourite has me on the outside to contend with (7) Puzzler Cryptic 05 Apr 2024
Arrive holding one favoured and take part (7)
Play Sampras after business meeting, initially (7)
Vie with the favourite in? Come! (7)
Vie Mirror Quick 07 Mar 2024
Arrive with dog, say, to take part Mirror Cryptic 07 Mar 2024
Engage in a contest Mirror Classic 24 Feb 2024
Contend (for) (7)
Play is finished with line removed (7)
Take part in dog show, perhaps, but arrive without dog? The Times Cryptic 25 Dec 2023
Engage in a contest Mirror Classic 05 Dec 2023
Take part not all of whole (missing fifth) The Guardian Cryptic 03 Nov 2023
Try to win Universal 10 Jul 2023
Contend The Telegraph Quick 14 Mar 2023
Struggle with advance embracing sweetheart The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Feb 2023
Engage in a contest The Guardian Quick 28 Jan 2023
Go head-to-head (with) New York Times 15 Jan 2023
Vie The Times Concise 09 Dec 2022
Go for the gold Family Time 05 Sep 2022
Vie The Times Concise 05 Jul 2022
Contend Canadiana 27 Jun 2022
Participate in a tournament USA Today 26 Jun 2022
Vie The Washington Post 12 May 2022
Vie LA Times Daily 12 May 2022
Try for a title Wall Street Journal 13 Oct 2021
Participate in a contest USA Today 07 Aug 2021
Arrive without favourite in race The Sun Two Speed 25 Mar 2021
Vie The Sun Two Speed 25 Mar 2021
No end of potential seen in whole contest The Telegraph Cryptic 02 Dec 2020
Try for the title Wall Street Journal 21 Oct 2020
School garden party — head not required to take part
Vie The Telegraph Quick 09 Jun 2020
Try to win USA Today 03 Jun 2020
Accomplished Liberal turned out to take part
Contend The Telegraph Quick 31 Dec 2019
Fifty fail to appear in entire contest
Vie Universal 08 Jul 2019
Vie
Play seriously The Washington Post 19 Oct 2018
Play seriously LA Times Daily 19 Oct 2018
Vie Thomas Joseph 03 Oct 2018
Appear to have nobbled favourite in attempt to win The Telegraph Cryptic 29 Jul 2018
Play seriously
Enter a tournament Wall Street Journal 08 Nov 2017
Go head to head Wall Street Journal 23 Aug 2017
Take part, fixing favourite in advance The Times Cryptic 19 Jan 2017
Run in a race, say USA Today 10 Sep 2016
Finish without large fight
Finish without large fight
Host with time for right contest The Telegraph Cryptic 20 Apr 2016
Left out of finish of contest The Sun Two Speed 30 Dec 2015
Be in the running The Sun Two Speed 30 Dec 2015
Go for the gold Newsday 05 Jul 2015
Get in the game Universal 14 Jun 2015
Vie LA Times Daily 11 May 2015
Try to win and finish losing pounds The Times Cryptic 16 Apr 2015
Vie The Times Concise 03 Feb 2015
Vie
Go for the gold
Get in the game
Vie for domestic income?
Take part in contest and finish 50 short
Vie
Go for the gold, e.g.
Vie
Play games
Struggle
Audition, e.g.
Get in the running
Be rivals
Struggle
Audition, e.g.
Vie
Go for the gold
Vie
Vie
Go for the gold, e.g.
Vie
Try to outdo
Run in a race
Take part in a game
Contend in rivalry.
Play games?
Be in rivalry.
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