competingadj.
/kəmˈpiːtɪŋ/ That competes.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > rival
corrival1646
co-rival1832
competing1862
society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [adjective] > competing
rival1592
emulative1593
emulating1610
corrivinga1618
emulous1617
corrival1646
comparative1654
rivalling1668
contesting1697
rivalrous1831
co-rival1832
competing1862
1862 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris (1880) 103 The gracious or loving, instead of the strained, or competing manner of doing things.
1869 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi i. 11 The Cyclic Poems..never attained to an equal or competing fame.
1891 N.E.D. at Competing Mod. Several of the competing poems have been published.
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