competitive
adjective/kəmˈpetətɪv/
Слово англійською: competitive
Переклад competitive українською: конкурентоспроможний
Детальний опис
- used to describe a situation in which people or organizations compete against each other
- competitive games/sports
- Graduates have to fight for jobs in an increasingly competitive market.
- Those businesses are operating in an extremely competitive environment.
- The company has succeeded in a highly competitive industry.
- (of a person) trying very hard to be better than others
- You have to be highly competitive to do well in sport these days.
- as good as or better than others
- a shop selling clothes at competitive prices (= as low as any other shop)
- to gain a competitive advantage over rival companies
- How do we maintain our competitive edge?
- What is your strategy for helping the company stay competitive in a global market?
- competitive with somebody/something We need to work harder to remain competitive with other companies.
Synonyms cheapcheapcompetitive ▪ budget ▪ affordable ▪ reasonable ▪ inexpensiveThese words all describe a product or service that costs little money or less money than you expected.cheap costing little money or less money than you expected; charging low prices. Cheap can also be used in a disapproving way to suggest that something is of poor quality as well as low in price: a bottle of cheap perfume. competitive (of prices, goods or services) as cheap as or cheaper than those offered by other companies; able to offer goods or services at competitive prices.budget [only before noun] (used especially in advertising) cheap because it offers only a basic level of service.affordable cheap enough for most people to afford.reasonable (of prices) not too expensive.inexpensive (rather formal) cheap. Inexpensive is often used to mean that something is good value for its price. It is sometimes used instead of cheap, because cheap can suggest that something is of poor quality.Patterns- cheap/competitive/budget/affordable/reasonable prices/fares/rates
- cheap/competitive/budget/affordable/inexpensive products/services
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Latin competit- ‘striven for’, from the verb competere, from com- ‘together’ + petere ‘aim at, seek’ + -ive.