vie (redirected from vied)

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.

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

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vie

Verb

[vying, vied] to compete (with someone): the sisters vied with each other to care for her [probably Old French envier to challenge]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

vie - compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others compete, contend 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"

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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

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

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

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

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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 （竞）争