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Spell Bee Word: competitive


Basic Details

Word: Competitive

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Involving competition, or wanting very much to win and be better than others.

Synonyms: ambitious, keen

How to Spell Competitive

Syllables: com - pet - i - tive

Tricky part: Compete loses its last e, and the next vowel is i: com-pet-i-tive. Competetive and compititive are common slips.

Watch out for: competetive, compititive, competative

Memory tip: Compete drops its final e and takes itive, the ending of positive.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Admission to that college is very competitive.

Example 2: My brother is so competitive that he even races me to the bus stop.

Example 3: The shop keeps its prices competitive to attract customers.

Fun Fact

Competitive exams in India such as JEE and NEET are taken by lakhs of students every year.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Chess becomes a very competetive game at the national level.

a) level
b) national
c) game
d) competetive

Show answer

d) competetive. After compet comes i, not e.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) excellance
b) competitive
c) perseverence
d) determinasion

Show answer

b) competitive. Excellence ends in ence, perseverance ends in ance, and determination has tion.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

itvepicotem

a) competition
b) competitor
c) repetitive
d) competitive

Show answer

d) competitive. Competition ends in ion, competitor in or, and repetitive needs an r; the letters spell competitive.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A competitive player ____.

a) always lets others win
b) tries very hard to win
c) does not care about the score
d) never plays

Show answer

b) tries very hard to win

2. Competitive comes from which verb?

a) compare
b) complete
c) compute
d) compete

Show answer

d) compete

Associated Words

affablechancellorsqualidacceptabledevout
languagediffusemilitaryidlenessintricate

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