COMPETITIVE

competitive, militant

(adjective) showing a fighting disposition; “highly competitive sales representative”; “militant in fighting for better wages for workers”; “his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy”

competitive, free-enterprise, private-enterprise

(adjective) subscribing to capitalistic competition

competitive, competitory

(adjective) involving competition or competitiveness; “competitive games”; “to improve one’s competitive position”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

competitive (comparative more competitive, superlative most competitive)

(economics) capable of competing successfully

of or pertaining to competition

Antonym: cooperative

(of someone's character) inclined to compete

(biochemistry) inhibiting the action of an enzyme by binding with it

(euphemistically, of prices) cheap, especially used of quality products

Source: Wiktionary


Com*pet"i*tive, a.

Definition: Of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; competitory; as, a competitive examination.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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