"competitiveness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kəmˈpɛtɪtɪvnəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-competitiveness.wav
Etymology: From competitive + -ness. Etymology templates: {{af|en|competitive|-ness}} competitive + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} competitiveness (uncountable)
  1. The state of being competitive. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: competitivity Derived forms: noncompetitiveness Translations (state of being competitive): competitivitat [feminine] (Catalan), soutěživost [feminine] (Czech), kilpailukyky (Finnish), compétitivité [feminine] (French), competitividade [feminine] (Galician), Wettbewerbsfähigkeit [feminine] (German), versenyképesség (Hungarian), competitività [feminine] (Italian), competitividade [feminine] (Portuguese), competitivitate [feminine] (Romanian), конкурентоспосо́бность (konkurentosposóbnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), сопе́рничество (sopérničestvo) [neuter] (Russian), competitividad [feminine] (Spanish), конкурентоспромо́жність (konkurentospromóžnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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