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Sense: Verb: compete - often followed by 'with' or 'against'
Synonyms:
compete Collocations, fight Collocations, vie, battle Collocations, face off, struggle Collocations, wrestle Collocations, tussle, grapple Collocations, meet Collocations, clash Collocations, do battle, lock horns, cross swords, face one another, face each other, oppose Collocations, face Collocations, be up against, strive Collocations
Sense: Verb: assert - followed by 'that'
Synonyms:
assert, maintain Collocations, argue Collocations, declare Collocations, hold Collocations, affirm, allege Collocations, profess, pronounce Collocations, claim Collocations, purport Collocations, insist, state Collocations, avouch, aver , make the case that