Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

competitiveness

/kəmˈpɛtɪtɪvnəs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables: com-pet-i-tive-ness
IPA: /kəmˈpɛtɪtɪvnəs/

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being competitive.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Manhattanville College in Purchase, N. Y., has joined a small but growing [movement] back to the practice of awarding letter grades after a year's experiment with a nonletter system that was seen as a way of reducing the competitiveness and authoritarian quality of [letter] grading."

Etymology

Etymology tree English competitive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English competitiveness From competitive + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

noncompetitiveness

Synonyms

competitivity fight

Questions

How do you pronounce competitiveness?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəmˈpɛtɪtɪvnəs/.
What does competitiveness mean?: The state of being competitive.
Where does competitiveness come from?: Etymology tree English competitive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English competitiveness From competitive + -ness.

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