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rival
/ˈɹaɪvəl/
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What does rival mean?
noun
- A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.
- Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.
adjective
- Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority.
More meanings (4)
verb
- To oppose or compete with.
- To be equal to, or match, or to surpass another.
- To strive to equal or excel; to emulate.
noun
- (obsolete) One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɹaɪvəl/
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She was much surprised at first, and later alarmed, to find a rival for her position as teacher of the grammar school.
On the other hand, possibly because he divined in Buck a dangerous rival, Spitz never lost an opportunity of showing his teeth.
More book examples (3)
He, and especially the queen, entertained the strangest illusions as to the possible assistance of Austria, for centuries the rival of France.
He now stood in the heart of Germany, alone, without a rival or without an adversary who was a match for him.
Gifted as I am with a beauty which probably has not its rival on earth, I am, nevertheless, utterly and completely miserable.