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Stage 1 of 2
competere
Latin · ancient
"to seek together, to strive together"
to seek together, to strive together, from com- (together) and petere (to seek)
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Stage 2 of 2
compete
English · 1600s
"to strive against others for the same goal"
settled as the English word for striving against others for the same goal
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