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competitionlike

competitionlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of competition; apparently competitive.

Adjective

competitionlike (comparative more competitionlike, superlative most competitionlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of competition; apparently competitive.
    • a competitionlike immune response

Forms of competitionlike

comparativemore competitionlike
superlativemost competitionlike

Origin of competitionlike

From competition + -like.

Questions about competitionlike

What does competitionlike mean?
Competitionlike means resembling or characteristic of competition; apparently competitive.
What part of speech is competitionlike?
Competitionlike is an adjective.

Words near competitionlike in the dictionary

  1. competition-based learning
  2. competitional
  3. competitioner
  4. competitioners
  5. competitionless
  6. competitionlike
  7. competitions
  8. competitive
  9. competitive advantage
  10. competitive advantages
  11. competitive authoritarianism

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