Meaning: to compete against another person or team.
Compete Verb Forms V1 V2 V3 V4 V5
| Infinitive/Base Form (V1) | Compete |
| Past Tense (V2) | Competed |
| Past Participle Form (V3) | Competed |
| Present Participle/Gerund (V4) | Competing |
| 3rd Person Singular (V5) | Competes |
Compete Past Tense:
Past Tense of Compete is Competed.
Example: Sarah competed fiercely.
Compete Past Participle:
Past Participle Form of Compete is Competed.
Example: Sarah has competed fiercely.
Compete Present Participle:
Present Participle Form of Compete is Competing.
Example: Sarah is competing fiercely.
Compete 3rd Person Singular:
3rd Person Singular of Compete is Competes.
Example: Sarah competes fiercely.
Compete Conjugation
Indefinite / Simple Present Tense
- I compete fiercely.
- We/You/They compete fiercely.
- He/She/It/Adam competes fiercely.
Present Continuous Tense
- I am competing fiercely.
- We/You/They are competing fiercely.
- He/She/It/Adam is competing fiercely.
Present Perfect Tense
- I have competed fiercely.
- We/You/They have competed fiercely.
- He/She/It/Adam has competed fiercely.
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
- I have been competing fiercely.
- We/You/They have been competing fiercely.
- He/She/It/Adam has been competing fiercely.
Indefinite / Simple Past Tense
- I competed fiercely.
- We/You/They competed fiercely.
- He/She/It/Adam competed fiercely.
Past Continuous Tense
- I was competing fiercely.
- We/You/They were competing fiercely.
- He/She/It/Adam was competing fiercely.
Past Perfect Tense
- I had competed fiercely.
- We/You/They had competed fiercely.
- He/She/It/Adam had competed fiercely.
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- I had been competing fiercely.
- We/You/They had been competing fiercely.
- He/She/It/Adam had been competing fiercely.
Indefinite / Simple Future Tense
- I will compete fiercely.
- We/You/They will compete fiercely.
- He/She/It/Adam will compete fiercely.
Future Continuous Tense
- I will be competing fiercely.
- We/You/They will be competing fiercely.
- He/She/It/Adam will be competing fiercely.
Future Perfect Tense
- I will have competed fiercely.
- We/You/They will have competed fiercely.
- He/She/It/Adam will have competed fiercely.
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
- I will have been competing fiercely.
- We/You/They will have been competing fiercely.
- He/She/It/Adam will have been competing fiercely.
Past Tense of Compete Phrasal Verbs
| Compete Phrasal Verbs | Past Tense |
| Compete against | Competed against |
| Compete for | Competed for |
| Compete with | Competed with |
| Compete in | Competed in |
| Compete on | Competed on |
| Compete to | Competed to |
| Compete by | Competed by |
| Compete at | Competed at |
| Compete from | Competed from |
| Compete around | Competed around |
FAQS
What is the Future Tense of Compete?
Future Tense of compete is “will compete”.
What is the Present Tense of Compete?
Present Tense of compete is “compete + s/es or ing”.
| I/we/you/they | compete |
| He/she/it/singular name | competes |
| Present participle | competing |
What is the Past Perfect Tense of Compete?
Past perfect tense of take is “had competed”.
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