Pronunciations (2)
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/kəmˈpɛtɪtɪvnəs/
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kəmˈpɛtɪtɪvnəs
Noun
The state of being competitive.
Usage- Uncountable
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Manhattanville College in Purchase, N. Y., has joined a small but growing [movement] back to the practice of awarding letter grades after a year's experiment with a nonletter system that was seen as a way of reducing the competitiveness and authoritarian quality of [letter] grading.
Noun
an aggressive willingness to compete
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the team was full of fight