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An aggressive willingness to compete
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competitiveness
Word definitions for competitiveness in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an aggressive willingness to compete; "the team was full of fight" [syn: fight ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Competitiveness pertains to the ability and performance of a firm, sub-sector or country to sell and supply goods and services in a given market , in relation to the ability and performance of other firms, sub-sectors or countries in the same market.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state of being competitive.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE industrial ▪ To enhance innovation, technology transfer, productivity, and industrial competitiveness through academic-industrial partnerships. ▪ Industrial economics Technological innovation is recognised to be ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
competitiveness \competitiveness\ n. an agressive willingness to compete. Syn: fight.
Usage examples of competitiveness.
More people are concerned about economic competitiveness than they are concerned about military problems or many other issues in the world today.
Carver noted that a Tory trade minister, learning of the pay-off, publicly congratulated Balfour Beatty on its patriotic competitiveness.
I reply by referring to the works of animal behavioralist Sarah Blaffer Hardy (author of The Woman That Never Evolved) and other researchers who show that competitiveness is just as common in the female as the male.
But the very competitiveness of the New England colonies made effective unified action against the Indians almost impossible, and it wasn't until the spring of 1637 that the disorganized colonial forces were able to enlist the aid of the Narragansetts, Eastern Niantics, and Mohegans--all rivals of the Pequots--in order to mount a counteroffensive.
Those scientists and engineers should be role models for an America seeking excellence and international competitiveness.
Later, as a junior officer, you learn what the checkpoints are--what tours of duty are considered desirable for promotion competitiveness, what assignments spell out a dead end to your career.