rival

  • 41rival — 1. noun 1) his rival for the nomination Syn: opponent, challenger, competitor, contender; adversary, antagonist, enemy; literary foe Ant: ally 2) the tool has no rival Syn …

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  • 42rival — 1. noun 1) his rival for the nomination Syn: opponent, challenger, competitor, contender, adversary, antagonist, enemy 2) the tool has no rival Syn: equal, match, peer, equiva …

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  • 43rival*/ — [ˈraɪv(ə)l] noun [C] I 1) a person, team, or business that competes with another She scored twice as many points as her rival.[/ex] 2) someone or something that is as good as someone or something else The band has few rivals in the pop music… …

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  • 44rival — 1. noun /ˈraɪvəl/ a) A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) who is well known to another and has similar skills and achievements. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor. Chris is my biggest rival in the 400m. b)… …

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  • 45rival — (Del lat. rivalis.) ► adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino femenino Se aplica a la persona que compite con otra por la misma cosa: ■ logró alcanzar a su rival en los últimos metros de la carrera; su mejor amigo es uno de sus rivales por el puesto.… …

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  • 46rival — n. & v. n. 1 a person competing with another for the same objective. 2 a person or thing that equals another in quality. 3 (attrib.) being a rival or rivals (a rival firm). v.tr. (rivalled, rivalling; US rivaled, rivaling) 1 be the rival of or… …

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  • 47rival — I. noun Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin rivalis one using the same stream as another, rival in love, from rivalis of a stream, from rivus stream more at run Date: 1577 1. a. one of two or more striving to reach or… …

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  • 48rival — [16] A rival is etymologically ‘someone who uses the same stream as another’. The word comes from Latin rīvālis, a noun use of an adjective meaning ‘of a stream’, derived from rīvus ‘stream’ (source of English derive). People who use or live by… …

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  • 49rival — s m y f En relación con una persona o con un animal, otra u otro que compite con ella o con él para obtener cierta cosa: El campeón expone la corona ante un rival mexicano , Ese gallo no tiene rival , Sus familiares siempre han sido rivales …

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  • 50rival — ri•val [[t]ˈraɪ vəl[/t]] n. adj. v. valed, val•ing (esp. brit.) valled, val•ling. 1) a person who seeks to achieve the same object or goal as another or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor 2) a person or thing that can dispute another …

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