ri·val·ry

(rī′vəl-rē)

n. pl. ri·val·ries

1. The act of competing or emulating.

2. The state or condition of being a rival.

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rivalry

(ˈraɪvəlrɪ)

n, pl -ries

1. the act of rivalling; competition

2. the state of being a rival or rivals

ˈrivalrous adj

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ri•val•ry

(ˈraɪ vəl ri)

n., pl. -ries.

1. the condition of being a rival or rivals; competition; antagonism.

2. an instance of this.

[1590–1600]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

rivalry - the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"

competition, contention

group action - action taken by a group of people

contest - a struggle between rivals

rivalry

noun competition, competitiveness, vying, opposition, struggle, conflict, contest, contention, duel, antagonism, emulation He had a lot of rivalry with his brother.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

rivalry

noun

A vying with others for victory or supremacy:

battle, competition, contest, corrivalry, race, strife, striving, struggle, tug of war, war, warfare.

Translations

تَنَافُسمُنافَسَه، تَنافُس

rivalita

rivaliseringkonkurrence

Rivalität Konkurrenz

αντιπαλότητα

rivalidad

keskinäinen kilpailu

rivalité

suparništvo

rivalità rivalit...

競争

경쟁

rivaliteit

rivalisering kappestrid

rywalizacja

rivalidade

дуэль соперничество

rivalita

rivalitet

การแข่งขัน

rekabet

sự ganh đua

竞争敌对状态

rivalry

[ˈraɪvəlrɪ] N → rivalidad f, competencia f
to enter into rivalry with sb → empezar a competir con algn

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

rivalry

[ˈraɪv^əlri] n

(between people, organizations) → rivalité f
friendly rivalry → rivalité f amicale sibling rivalry

(between companies) → concurrence f, rivalité f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

rivalry

n → Rivalität f; (Comm) → Konkurrenzkampf m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

rivalry

[ˈraɪv/əlrɪ] n → rivalità f inv; (in business) → concorrenza

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

rival

(ˈraivəl) noun

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.

verb – past tense, past participle ˈrivalled , (American) ˈrivaled –

to (try to) be as good as someone or something else. He rivals his brother as a chess-player; Nothing rivals football for excitement and entertainment.

ˈrivalry – plural ˈrivalries – noun

the state of or an instance of being rivals. the rivalry/rivalries between business companies.

rivalry

→ تَنَافُس rivalita rivalisering Rivalität αντιπαλότητα rivalidad keskinäinen kilpailu rivalité suparništvo rivalità 競争 경쟁 rivaliteit rivalisering rywalizacja rivalidade соперничество rivalitet การแข่งขัน rekabet sự ganh đua 竞争

ri·val·ry

n. rivalidad; competencia.

rivalry

n rivalidad f; sibling — rivalidad entre hermanos, rivalidad fraterna

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His foibles - faults if you like - will never be dwelt upon in any memorandum of mine," he declares, and goes on - "he whose splendid and matchless achievements will be remembered with admiration while there is gratitude in the hearts of Britons, or while a ship floats upon the ocean; he whose example on the breaking out of the war gave so chivalrous an impulse to the younger men of the service that all rushed into rivalry of daring which disdained every warning of prudence, and led to acts of heroic enterprise which tended greatly to exalt the glory of our nation."

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A feeling such as his was prefaced by talk of the rivalry of some Petersburg officer, of the suppositions and the counsels of Stepan Arkadyevitch.

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