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COMPETITIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Showing a fighting disposition
Example:
his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy
Synonyms:
competitive; militant
Classified under:
Similar:
aggressive (having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends)
Derivation:
competitiveness (an aggressive willingness to compete)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Subscribing to capitalistic competition
Synonyms:
competitive; free-enterprise; private-enterprise
Classified under:
Similar:
capitalist; capitalistic (favoring or practicing capitalism)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Involving competition or competitiveness
Example:
to improve one's competitive position
Synonyms:
competitive; competitory
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
agonistic; agonistical; combative (striving to overcome in argument)
emulous; rivalrous (eager to surpass others)
matched (provided with a worthy adversary or competitor)
Antonym:
noncompetitive (not involving competition or competitiveness)
Derivation:
compete (compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others)
competitiveness (an aggressive willingness to compete)
Context examples:
Cystatin Family Genes encode (Type 2) Cystatin proteins, secreted, tight, reversible, competitive inhibitors of cysteine proteinases that contain multiple cystatin-like sequences and have 2 intrachain disulfide bonds.
(Cystatin Family Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
This agent is also a competitive inhibitor at the glycine modulatory site of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor.
(Cycloleucine, NCI Thesaurus)
It has anti-estrogenic effect, which inhibits the progression of estrogen-stimulated cancers by competitive inhibition of estrogen binding to estrogen receptors.
(Mepitiostane, NCI Thesaurus)
Crizotinib, in an ATP-competitive manner, binds to and inhibits ALK kinase and ALK fusion proteins.
(Crizotinib, NCI Thesaurus)
Alvimopan is a selective and competitive antagonist at mu-opioid receptors, found in myenteric and submucosal neurons and the immune cells of the lamina propria in the human gut.
(Alvimopan, NCI Thesaurus)
This metabolite is a competitive inhibitor of DNA synthesis.
(Arabinofuranosylcytosine Triphosphate, NCI Thesaurus)
Now that Mars is in Libra, your tenth house of fame and honors, you have an enviable competitive edge.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The hydrochloride salt of the racemic form of ondansetron, a carbazole derivative and a selective, competitive serotonin 5-hydroxytrptamine type 3 (5-HT3) receptor antagonist with antiemetic activity.
(Ondansetron hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
As a competitive alpha-adrenergic antagonist, phentolamine binds to alpha-1 and alpha-2 receptors, resulting in a decrease in peripheral vascular resistance and vasodilatation.
(Phentolamine, NCI Thesaurus)
An orally available, s-triazine derivative, ATP-competitive phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor with potential antineoplastic activity.
(PI3K Inhibitor ZSTK474, NCI Thesaurus)
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