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Meaning of 'rival' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Rival [ a.]
- Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority; as, rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions.
2 . Rival [ n.]
- A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
- 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.
3 . Rival [ v. i.]
- To be in rivalry.
4 . Rival [ v. t.]
- To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love.
- To strive to equal or exel; to emulate.

Meaning of 'rival' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . rival [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the contestant you hope to defeat
Example in sentence:
  • he had respect for his rivals;
  • he wanted to know what the competition was doing
2 . rival [ v]
Meaning (2):
- be equal to in quality or ability
Example in sentence:
  • Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents;
  • Nothing can rival cotton for durability;
  • Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues
Meaning (3):
- be the rival of, be in competition with
Example in sentence:
  • we are rivaling for first place in the race

Nearby Words:

rivage rivaled rivaless rivaling rivality rivalled rivalling rivalries rivalry rivalship

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