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vie

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vie  (v)
v. vied, vy·ing (vng), vies
v.intr.
To strive for victory or superiority; contend. See Synonyms at rival.
v.tr.
1. Archaic To offer in competition; match.
2. Obsolete To wager or bet.

[Short for Middle English envien, from Old French envier, from Latin invtre, to invite, give occasion for; see invite.]

vie
Verb
[vying, vied] to compete (with someone): the sisters vied with each other to care for her [probably Old French envier to challenge]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.vievie - compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
try for, go for - make an attempt at achieving something; "She tried for the Olympics"
play - participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches"
run off - decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff
race, run - compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first"
rival - be the rival of, be in competition with; "we are rivaling for first place in the race"
emulate - compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with; "This artist's drawings cannot emulate his water colors"
rival, equal, match, touch - be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"

vie
verb (with with or for) compete, struggle, contend, contest, strive, be rivals, match yourself against
Translations
vie [vaɪ] vi to vie with → competir con

vie [vaɪ] vi to vie with → lutter avec, rivaliser avec

vie [vaɪ] vi to vie with sb/for sth → mit jdm/um etw wetteifern

vie [vaɪ] vi to vie with → competere con, rivaleggiare con

vie
v vie [vai]
to compete with The two parents vied with each other in their attempts to gain the children's love. meeding يَتَنافَس، يَتَبارى съпернича soupeřit kappes wetteifern συναγωνίζομαι competir, rivalizar võistlema رقابت کردن kilpailla rivaliser לְהִתחָרוֹת स्पर्धा करना nadmetati se verseng bersaing keppa/bítast um e-ð competere, gareggiare 張り合う 다투다, 경쟁하다 lenktyniauti, varžytis sacensties bersaing wedijveren kappes/konkurrere om rywalizować competir a se lua la întrecere соперничать súperiť tekmovati takmičiti se tävla, kämpa แข่งขัน yarışmak (競)爭 суперничати, змагатися مسابقہ کرنا giành giật một cách quyết liêt)争


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Here in the evening the favourite reclined, watching the peonies vie with the sunset beyond.
You know, les petites miseres de la vie humaine," he said, as it were apologizing to the princess.
Full of wonder at so strange a form of madness, they flocked to see it from a distance, and observed with what composure he sometimes paced up and down, or sometimes, leaning on his lance, gazed on his armour without taking his eyes off it for ever so long; and as the night closed in with a light from the moon so brilliant that it might vie with his that lent it, everything the novice knight did was plainly seen by all.
 
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