competing

[kəm'pitɪŋ]

Definition:
1. Being in competition.

Use 'competing' in a sentence:

1. Those who try exporting to the West find their goods whacked with huge tariffs or competing against cheaper subsidized goods.
2. This was described by Darwin for indigenous New Zealand species of animals and plants, which died out when competing species from Europe were introduced.
3. Each large firm will also act with full consideration of the needs that it has in common with the other large firms competing for the same customers.
4. Or perhaps there competing truths ？
5. We have no chance of competing against machines on frequent high-volume tasks, but there are things we can do that machines cannot.
6. Hardware shops are competing fiercely for business.
7. It is one of the factors controlling the size of competing populations, and in extreme cases it may lead to the extinction of one of the competing species.
8. We are always competing with others, not ourselves.
9. The basic problem is how to balance these competing interests.
10. Competing species also tend to change their ranges so that their territories no longer overlap.
11. Displacement occurs because the animal's got two conflicting drives—two competing urges, in this case, fear and hunger.
12. By competing with rodents for seeds, black ants help control rodent populations that pose a public health risk.
13. Students themselves, however, may not realize that when they graduate, they will be competing in a global labor market, and universities need to raise awareness of these issues amongst undergraduates.
14. Hachnut has found, however, that the attrition rate of graduates from this program is very high, with many of them leaving Hachnut to join competing firms soon after completing the program.
15. Detailed field studies of thick rock formations containing fossils provide the best potential tests of the competing theories.
16. You can choose to be a good winner or an even better loser whether you are competing against others or yourself.
17. Kennedy wrote that the rule "limited states' ability to seek long-term prosperity and has prevented market participants from competing on an even playing field".
18. The host country provides vast facilities, including a stadium, swimming pools and living accommodation, but competing countries pay their own athletes' expenses.
19. Too many species of salmon are competing for survival in one river.
20. The shake-up aims to recast IBM as a federation of flexible and competing subsidiaries.
21. By definition, not all the competing companies in an industry can seriously plan to be the best.
22. The stores will inevitably end up competing with each other in their push for increased market shares.
23. The market for which they are competing is still unformed.
24. Five other cities had been competing for the honour of staging the Games.
25. Several companies are competing for the contract.
26. Banks and building societies are competing fiercely for business.
27. They talked about the competing theories of the origin of life.
28. Right, they are competing, like a game, like the frogs.
29. He will be competing in the 100-metre race.
30. The firm had to face some sharp practice from competing companies.
31. Marx produced a new theory about historical change based upon conflict between competing groups.
32. I went on competing till I was in my middle forties.
33. It remains true that sport is about competing well, not winning.
34. Although this incident very much alters the race of the two participants competing for a win, both are going to continue on their way toward the finish line.
35. If more than one species is competing for a scarce resource, the competing species usually switch to different alternative resources.