Competing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Compete \Com*pete"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Competed}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Competing}.] [L. completere, competitum; com- +
     petere to seek. See {Petition}.]
     To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing,
     position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend
     in rivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen


     compete with one another.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The rival statesmen, with eyes fixed on America, were
           all the while competing for European alliances.
                                                    --Bancroft.
     [1913 Webster] Competence

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  competing
       adj : being in competition; "competing businesses" [syn: {competing(a)}]