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com • pe • tent / ' kampэtэnt / adjective

having the ability or skill for something She's a very competent teacher.

com • pe • tent • ly / ' kampэtэntli / adverb

com .pe .ti .tion Ф / ^amps'tijn/ noun

1 [ count ] a game or test that people try to win

entered the painting competition and won first prize.

[ noncount ] trying to win or be better than someone else

We were in competition with a team from another school.

com • pet • i • tive / kэm ' petstiv / adjective

in which people or organizations compete against each other

competitive sports

wanting to win or be better than other people She's very competitive.

com • pet • i • tor / kэm' petatar / noun [ count ]

a person, company, product, etc. that is competing against others

com .plain Ф / kom'plem / verb ( com • plains , com plain ing , com • plained )

to say that you do not like something or that you are

unhappy about something

She is always complaining about the weather.

He complained to the waiter that his soup was cold.

com .plaint Ф / ksm pleint / noun [ count ]

when you say that you do not like something

We made a complaint to the hotel manager about the dirty

rooms.

com • plete V / kom'plit / adjective

1 with none of its parts missing

own a complete set of Shakespeare's plays.

—SYNONYM whole —ANTONYM incomplete

in every way

Their visit was a complete surprise. —SYNONYM total

finished

The work is complete. —ANTONYM incomplete

com • plete 2 / ksm plit / verb ( com • pletes, com • plet ing , com • plet ed )

to finish doing or making something

She went to college for three years but never completed her bachelor's degree.

to write all the necessary information on something, for example a form

Complete the following exercise using the table above.

com . plete . ly Ф / bm'plitii/ adverb

in every way

The money has completely disappeared. I completely forgot that it was your birthday!

—SYNONYM totally

com • plex1aw / ksm' pleks / Я

difficult to understand because it has a lot of different parts a complex problem

—SYNONYM complicated —ANTONYM simple

com • plex2aw д / ' kampleks / noun [ count ] ( plural com • plex • es )

a group of buildings a sports complex

com • plex • ion / ksm ' plekjn / noun [ count ]

the natural color and quality or the skin on your face a healthy complexion

com . pli . cat . ed Ф / kampb ке.ы /

adjective

difficult to understand because it has a lot of different parts I can't explain how to play the game. It's too complicated.

—ANTONYM simple

com • pli • ca • tion / |kampls ' keijn / noun

[ count ]

something that makes a situation more difficult

com • pli • ment / ' kamplsmsnt / noun [ count ]

something nice that you say about someone She gets lots of compliments on her piano playing. ► com • pli • ment / ' kamplsment / verb ( com • pli • ments , com • pli • ment • ing , com • pli ment • ed ) They complimented me on my cooking.

com • po • nentaw / ksm' pounsnt / [count]

one of the parts that form something computer components

com • pose / ksm' pouz / verb ( com • pos • es , com • pos ing , com • posed )

( music ) to write something, especially music Verdi composed many operas. be composed of something

to be made or formed from different parts or people Water is composed of oxygen and hydrogen.

com • pos • er / ksm' pouzsr / noun [ count ]