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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 [vaɪ]
vb vies, vying, vied
1. (intr; foll by with or for) to contend for superiority or victory (with) or strive in competition (for)
2. (tr) Archaic to offer, exchange, or display in rivalry
[probably from Old French envier to challenge, from Latin invītāre to invite]
vier  n
vying  adj & n
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 compete, struggle, contend, contest, strive, be rivals, match yourself against The two candidates are vying for the support of the New York voters.
Translations
vie [vaɪ] VI to vie for sthdisputarse algo
to vie with sbcompetir con algn, rivalizar con algn
to vie with sb for sthdisputar algo a algn, competir con algn por algo

vie [ˈvaɪ] vi
to vie for sth → se disputer qch
to vie for attention → se disputer l'attention
to vie with sb → être en concurrence avec qn
to vie with sb for sth → être en concurrence avec qn pour qch
to vie to do sth → être en concurrence pour faire qch

vie
viwetteifern; (Comm) → konkurrieren; to vie with somebody for somethingmit jdm um etw wetteifern; to vie with somebody to do somethingmit jdm darum wetteifern, etw zu tun; they are vying for the championshipsie kämpfen um die Meisterschaft

vie [vaɪ] vi to vie (with sb) for sthcompetere (con qn) per qc
to vie with one another for sth → contendersi qc
vie [vaɪ] vi to vie (with sb) for sthcompetere (con qn) per qc
to vie with one another for sth → contendersi qc

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 겨루다 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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