competed

verb

past tense of compete
as in contended
to engage in a contest prizefighters competing for the world heavyweight championship

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Recent Examples of competed Jedd Fisch inherited a Washington program in 2024 that had just competed for a national championship the season prior to his arrival, but had to replace almost 100% of the team's production from a year earlier. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Her directorial debut, Girl, competed for the Golden Lion at Venice in 2025 before earning her the Best Director award at the Busan International Film Festival. — Ashleigh Nghiem, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026 Printing, embroidery and sequins gave the surfaces depth, though their richness sometimes competed with the sensual draping that is one of Tron’s strengths. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026 During the 2022 Olympics, athletes competed under strict COVID-19 protocols. — Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026 All six runners on the race’s podium on Sunday competed in the Adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3, the $500 shoe the German brand released earlier this year. — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026 Over the last half millennium, societies around the globe competed to divide up the world’s land. — Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026 Venice selection Al Baraneya by Ashgan El-Hamus and Lê Bảo’s Hearing which competed at the Locarno Film Festival have also won the fund’s support. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026 The boys went to parent-participation preschool together in Loomis and competed on the same soccer team, the Loomis Fury, from sixth through eighth grade. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for competed
  1. contended
  2. raced
  3. fought
  4. battled
  5. vied
Verb
  • Blacknell contended that four different medical professionals treated Linton after the crash and none of them concluded the wreck was tied to a bipolar episode.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The business contended that the statute was vague and said that handwashing would qualify as a medical action under the act, according to the judge’s order.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of contended
Verb
  • Shawn suddenly jumped up from his seat and raced to the entrance.
    — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Verstappen won the last time F1 raced at the Sepang circuit back in 2017.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of raced
Verb
  • Firefighters from the district and the Sacramento Fire Department fought the blaze.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026
  • As a mother and someone who has fought to protect the innocence of children, this crosses a line.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of fought
Verb
  • Samuel, or Samuil in Bulgarian, was a warrior emperor who battled the Byzantine Empire to expand his kingdom but was ultimately defeated and died shortly afterward in 1014.
    — COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • In practice gear, the 46-year-old Haslem ran with Heat players and battled with Heat frontcourt players in one-on-one post-practice drills.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of battled
Verb
  • Similarly, after Doechii vied for best new artist and won best rap album in 2025 and followed it up with song and record of the year nominations in 2026, there’s not another rising star waiting in the wings.
    — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Another settlement, Silverton, lay on the far side of Red Mountain, and the communities vied to see which could become the main transport hub.
    — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of vied

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“Competed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/competed. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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