rival

rival
▪ I. rival ri‧val 1 [ˈraɪvl] noun [countable]
1. a person, group, or organization that you compete with:

• The authorities hope that such changes will help Italian banks compete more effectively against European rivals.

rival for

• The two men had been rivals for the top job three years ago.

• Jack left his job and went to work for a rival company.

2. one of a number of products that people can choose between:

• The car was a success because it met the needs of car buyers better than most of its rivals.

• Your product needs to be better than rival products in precisely specified ways.

3. rival bid/​offer FINANCE a bid etc that is competing with another:

• Another travel company has now come in with a rival bid.

  [m0] ▪ II. rival rival 2 verb rivalled PTandPPX rivalling PRESPARTX rivaled PTandPPX rivaling PRESPARTX [transitive]
to be as good or important as someone or something else:

• This notebook computer rivals the power of some desk-top models.

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Ⅰ.
rival UK US /ˈraɪvəl/ noun [C]
► a person, company, product, etc. competing with others for the same thing or in the same area: »

The strong pound will leave large sections of British manufacturing uncompetitive against rivals in the rest of Europe.

 rival for sth »

They are rivals for the top job.

 rival to sb/sth »

Linux is an operating system and thus a rival to Windows.

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your main/closest/biggest rival

Ⅱ.
rival UK US /ˈraɪvəl/ adjective [before noun]
► competing with other people, companies, products, etc. for the same thing or in the same area: »

a rival company/firm

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a rival bid/offer

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While they are more expensive than rival products, she said the quality makes the price worth it.

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Any rival bidder will have to move quickly and pay considerably more.

Ⅲ.
rival UK US /ˈraɪvəl/ verb [T] (UK -ll-, US -l-)
► to be as good as other similar people, companies, products, etc.: »

In the Algarve, citrus farming is expanding rapidly and the fruit rivals anything Spain can produce.

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Electronic marketplaces can offer a reach and efficiency that physical markets cannot rival.

 rival sb/sth as sth »

China could eventually rival Japan as the most lucrative luxury market in the world.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • rival — rival …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • rival — rival, ale, aux [ rival, o ] n. et adj. • 1636; « rival en amour » XVe; lat. rivalis « rival », de rivales « les riverains, qui tirent leur eau du même cours d eau (rivus) » I ♦ N. 1 ♦ Personne qui prétend aux avantages, aux biens qu un seul peut …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • rival — RIVÁL, Ă, rivali, e s.m. şi f. Persoană care aspiră, în concurenţă directă cu alta, la aceeaşi situaţie, la acelaşi succes; concurent, potrivnic, adversar. ♦ Persoană care aspiră împreună cu alta la dragostea aceleiaşi persoane de sex opus. ♦… …   Dicționar Român

  • rival — rival, ale (ri val, va l ) s. m. et f. 1°   Celui, celle qui aspire, qui prétend aux mêmes avantages qu un autre. •   Corrival.... est devenu vieux ; on ne dit plus que rival, qui aussi est bien plus doux et plus court, VAUGEL. Rem. t. II, p. 577 …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • rival — RIVAL, [rival]e. s. Concurrent en amour. Ils recherchent tous deux une mesme maistresse, une mesme fille, ils sont rivaux. voilà vostre rival. un dangereux rival, un foible rival. il a supplanté tous ses rivaux. elle a une belle rivale, une… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Rival — Ri val, a. Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority; as, rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions. [1913 Webster] The strenuous conflicts and alternate victories of two rival confederacies of statesmen.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rival — vb 1 Rival, compete, vie, emulate can all mean to strive to equal or surpass another or his achievements. Rival (see also MATCH) usually suggests an attempt to outdo each other {a work . . . which contending sects have rivaled each other in… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Rival — Ri val, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rivaled}or {Rivalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rivaling} or {Rivalling}.] 1. To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love. [1913 Webster] 2. To strive to equal or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rival — [adj] opposing battling, combatant, combating, competing, competitive, conflicting, contending, contesting, cutthroat, disputing, emulating, emulous, equal, opposed, striving, vying; concepts 542,564 Ant. assisting, associate, supporting rival… …   New thesaurus

  • rival — [rī′vəl] n. [Fr < L rivalis, orig., one living near or using the same stream as another < rivus, brook < IE * reie , to flow < base * er : see RISE] 1. a person who tries to get or do the same thing as another, or to equal or surpass… …   English World dictionary

  • Rival — Ri val, n. [F. rival (cf. It. rivale), L. rivales two neigbors having the same brook in common, rivals, fr. rivalis belonging to a brook, fr. rivus a brook. Cf. {Rivulet}, {Rete}.] 1. A person having a common right or privilege with another; a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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