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COMPETITORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does competitory mean?
• COMPETITORY (adjective)
The adjective COMPETITORY has 1 sense:
1. involving competition or competitiveness
Familiarity information: COMPETITORY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Involving competition or competitiveness
Synonyms:
competitive; competitory
Context example:
to improve one's competitive position
Similar:
agonistic; agonistical; combative (striving to overcome in argument)
emulous; rivalrous (eager to surpass others)
matched (provided with a worthy adversary or competitor)
Derivation:
compete (compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others)
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