compete

/kəm-ˈpēt/

Late Latin competere to seek together, from Latin, to come together, agree, be suitable, from com- + petere to go to, seek

verb

  1. to strive consciously or unconsciously for an objective (such as position, profit, or a prize) : be in a state of rivalry

competing teams

idiom

  1. —used to say that one person or thing is much better than another