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Plural of competitor

regular plural

The plural of competitor is competitors.

Forms of competitor

Singularcompetitor /kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tɚ/
Pluralcompetitors
Countablecountable

Competitors in a sentence

  • Hitherto the river had given facilities to Kingston traders which their competitors elsewhere could not possess, but now the railway took the malt from distant towns to the London market at lower rates than the bargemasters.1958 July, J. Spencer Gilks, “Railway Development at Kingston-upon-Thames—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 449
  • The two competitors have the common aim of winning the championship.From the entry common
  • Winning the championship is an aim common to the two competitors.From the entry common
  • If you're going to beat your competitors, you need to focus.From the entry focus
  • The tournament coordinator will seed the starting lineup with the best competitors from the qualifying round.From the entry seed

Meaning of competitor

  1. noun A person or organization against whom one is competing.
  2. noun A participant in a competition, especially in athletics.
  3. noun Partner, associate, one working with another toward a common goal.

Full definition of competitor

Questions about the plural of competitor

What is the plural of competitor?
The plural of competitor is competitors.
Is competitor countable?
Competitor is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: competitor (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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