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1. (n.) rival
a person who seeks to achieve the same object or goal as another or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
2. rival
a person or thing that can dispute another's preeminence or superiority; equal; peer.
3. rival
Obs. a companion in duty.
4. (adj.) rival
competing or standing in rivalry:
rival businesses.
5. (v.t.) rival
to prove to be a worthy rival of:
rivaled the others in skill.
6. rival
to equal (something) as if engaged in a rivalry; match; emulate.
7. rival
to compete with in rivalry.
8. (v.i.) rival
to engage in rivalry; compete.
Etymology: (1570–80; < L rīvālis orig., one who uses a stream in common with another =rīv(us) stream +-ālis -al1)
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| Definition of 'Rival' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender
the contestant you hope to defeat
"he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
2. (verb) 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"
3. (verb) rival
be the rival of, be in competition with
"we are rivaling for first place in the race"
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1. (noun) rival
sb who you compete against
the company's/team's main rival; rival teams/companies
2. (verb) rival
to be equal to
The new restaurant rivals many of its more famous competitors.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Rival
having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority; as, rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions
2. (noun) Rival
a person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner
3. (noun) Rival
one who is in pursuit of the same object as another; one striving to reach or obtain something which another is attempting to obtain, and which one only can posses; a competitor; as, rivals in love; rivals for a crown
4. (verb) Rival
to stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love
5. (verb) Rival
to strive to equal or exel; to emulate
6. (verb) Rival
to be in rivalry
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Sense: a person etc who tries to compete with another; a person who wants the same thing as someone else
For students of English, this dictionary is without a rival; The two brothers are rivals for the girl next door; – they both want to marry her; (also adjective) rival companies; rival teams.
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 Afrikaans: mededingend |
 Arabic: مُنافِس، مُتَنافِس |
 Bulgarian: съперник |
 Brazilian: rival |
 Czech: konkurence; sok, -yně, so |
 German: der Rivalel, die Rivalin; |
 Danish: rival; rivaliserende; kon |
 Greek: αντίζηλος, ανταγωνιστής, |
 Spanish: rival |
 Estonian: rivaal |
 Farsi: رقیب |
 Finnish: kilpailija |
 French: rival/-ale |
 Hebrew: יָרִיב |
 Hindi: प्रतिद्वन्दी |
 Croatian: takmac, suparnik |
 Hungarian: rivális |
 Indonesian: saingan |
 Icelandic: keppinautur |
 Italian: rivale |
 Japanese: 競争相手 |
 Korean: 경쟁 상대 |
 Lithuanian: varžovas, konkurentas; ko |
 Latvian: konkurents; sāncensis |
 Malay: pesaing |
 Dutch: mededinger |
 Norwegian: rival, konkurrent |
 Polish: konkurencja, rywal |
 Persian: رقیب |
 Pashto: سیال |
 Portuguese: rival |
 Romanian: rival |
 Russian: соперник, конкурент |
 Slovak: rival; konkurent; konkure |
 Slovenian: tekmec |
 Serbian: rival |
 Swedish: rival, rivaliserande |
 Thai: คู่แข่ง |
 Turkish: rakip |
 Taiwanese: 競爭者，對手 |
 Ukrainian: суперник; конкурент |
 Urdu: حریف |
 Vietnamese: đối thủ |
 Chinese: 竞争者，对手 |
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