noun, adjective, verb
noun ~ (to sb/sth) (for sth) a person, company, or thing that competes with another in sport, business, etc:
The two teams have always been rivals. * The Japanese are our biggest economic rivals. * This latest design has no rivals (= it is easily the best design available).
rival adjective [onlybeforenoun]:
a rival bid / claim / offer * fighting between rival groups * He was shot by a member of a rival gang.
verb (-ll-, AmE also -l-) [VN] ~ sb/sth (for / in sth) to be as good, impressive, etc. as sb/sth else:
You will find scenery to rival anything you can see in the Alps. * Golf cannot rival football for excitement.
seealsoUNRIVALLED
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for rival is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does rival appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — rival appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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