RIVAL
\ɹˈa͡ɪvə͡l], \ɹˈaɪvəl], \ɹ_ˈaɪ_v_əl]\
Definitions of RIVAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
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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.
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Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority; as, rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions.
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To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love.
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To strive to equal or exel; to emulate.
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To be in rivalry.
By Oddity Software
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A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
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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.
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Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority; as, rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions.
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To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love.
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To strive to equal or exel; to emulate.
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To be in rivalry.
By Noah Webster.
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One who tries to equal or excel another; one striving to obtain something which another is striving for, and which one only can possess.
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To strive to equal or excel; to compete with.
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Having the same claims; competing.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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One pursuing the same object as another: one who strives to equal or excel another: a competitor.
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Having the same claims: standing in competition.
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To stand in competition with: to try to gain the same object as another: to try to equal or excel:-pr.p. rivalling; pa.t. and pa.p. rivalled.
By Daniel Lyons
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One pursuing the same object with another; competitor.
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To compete with; try to equal or surpass; equal.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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One who competes with another in any pursuit or strife; a competitor or antagonist.
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To stand in competition with; to strive to equal or excel; to emulate.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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One who is in pursuit of the same object as another; a competitor.
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Having the same pretensions or claims.
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To strive to gain the object which another is contending for; to stand in competition with; to emulate.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
