com‧pet‧ing /kəmˈpiːtɪŋ/ adjective [only before noun]
[Word Family: noun: competition, competitor, competitiveness; adjective: competitive ≠ UNCOMPETITIVE, competing; verb: compete; adverb: competitively]

1. competing stories, ideas etc cannot all be right or accepted:
Several people gave competing accounts of the accident.
a compromise between competing interests within the organization
competing claims

2. competing products/brands/companies etc products etc that are trying to be more successful than each other

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