compete against

compete against someone

to contend against someone; to play against someone in a game or contest. I don't see how I can compete against all of them. She refused to compete against her own brothers.

compete against something

to struggle against something; to seem to be in a contest with something. It was hard to be heard. I was competing against the noise of construction. Please stop talking. I do not wish to compete against the audience when I lecture.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
YrjÄNÄ	UYR-ya-na	Finnish
Beniamin	-	Romanian, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
FÓLki	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Citra	CHEET-rah	Indonesian
Langston	['læŋstən]
Shimmel	-	Yiddish