S: (v) play (participate in games or sport) "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches"
S: (v) compete, vie, contend (compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others)
S: (v) try for, go for (make an attempt at achieving something) "She tried for the Olympics"
S: (v) play (participate in games or sport) "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches"
S: (v) run off (decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff)
S: (v) race, run (compete in a race) "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first"
S: (v) rival (be the rival of, be in competition with) "we are rivaling for first place in the race"
S: (v) emulate (compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with) "This artist's drawings cannot emulate his water colors"
S: (v) equal, touch, rival, match (be equal to in quality or ability) "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"
S: (v) change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature) "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"