recompete
Meaningto seek together again
Common meaning: to put a contract out for bidding again
- reagain; back
- comwith, together
- petto aim at, seekLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1364 · scan
‘again’ + ‘with, together’ + ‘to aim at, seek’ → recompete
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin petō ‘to aim at, seek’.
Roots
- petō, petīvī, petītum Latin “to aim at, seek”
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