Rival
['raɪvl]
Definition
(noun.) the contestant you hope to defeat; 'he had respect for his rivals'; 'he wanted to know what the competition was doing'.
(verb.) be the rival of, be in competition with; 'we are rivaling for first place in the race'.
Editor: Moore--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
(n.) 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.
(a.) Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority; as, rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions.
(v. t.) To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love.
(v. t.) To strive to equal or exel; to emulate.
(v. i.) To be in rivalry.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Competitor, antagonist, opponent, rival candidate.
a. Competing, emulating, emulous.
v. a. [1]. Oppose, compete with, contend with.[2]. Emulate, try to equal or excel.[3]. Match, equal, be equal to.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Antagonist, competitor, cosuitor
ANT:Adherent, supporter, comrade, coadjutor, neutral
Editor: Stephen
Definition
n. one pursuing the same object as another: one who strives to equal or excel another: a competitor.—adj. having the same claims: standing in competition.—v.t. to stand in competition with: to try to gain the same object as another: to try to equal or excel:—pr.p. rī′valling; pa.t. and pa.p. rī′valled.—n. Rī′valess a female rival.—adj. Rī′val-hāt′ing jealous.—v.i. Rī′valise to enter into rivalry.—ns. Rival′ity (Shak.) rivalry equality in rank or authority; Rī′valry act of rivalling: competition: emulation; Rī′valship emulation.
Checker: McDonald
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream you have a rival, is a sign that you will be slow in asserting your rights, and will lose favor with people of prominence. For a young woman, this dream is a warning to cherish the love she already holds, as she might unfortunately make a mistake in seeking other bonds. If you find that a rival has outwitted you, it signifies that you will be negligent in your business, and that you love personal ease to your detriment. If you imagine that you are the successful rival, it is good for your advancement, and you will find congeniality in your choice of a companion.
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Examples
- Competition with a rival was what inspired him with most passion and energy, he said, and nothing on earth made him half so much in love. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Just one hint to you, Lestrade, drawled Holmes before his rival vanished; I will tell you the true solution of the matter. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I did not say she was as beautiful as you are, said Mr. Ned, venturing to look from the portrait to its rival. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The opposition of rival manufacturers could not in the nature of things long retard what was to become one of the nation’s main industries. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- She is a pure, good woman, and will make you an excellent wife; but you have a rival. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Rival companies have sprung up, using slightly different varieties of apparatus. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- However, I rejoice to say that I have a hated rival, who will certainly cut me out the instant that my back is turned. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- They were scheming to outdo one another, to rob weaker contemporaries, to destroy rivals, so that they might for a brief interval swagger. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At every court there were groups of ministers and secretaries who played a Machiavellian game against their foreign rivals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was determined to make a fortune out of cotton-spinning, and he did, in spite of the loss of his patents, and the rivals who were always pursuing him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Come, we will not be rivals, we will be friends, he pursued. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- They knew their rivals were unscrupulous, and were in fact already trying their best to prejudice the minds of the more conservative Georgia cotton-growers against them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The envy of rivals soon spread false reports about him, and the professors at Pisa refused to accept the results of his studies. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- As there were not enough of his gins ready rivals were pushing their inferior machines. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In the course of a century or two, several of them appear to have rivalled, and even to have surpassed, their mother cities. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- No, I hardened my heart, rivalled and out-rivalled him. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But Rome never produced a very considerable industrial population, and her warehouses never rivalled those of Alexandria. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Inventors have rivalled one another in originating new forms of stitches. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This was also invented later by another inventor, and is in use to-day, but will naturally be rivalled by wireless telegraphy. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is like one house of business rivalling another house of business. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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