(vying vied, vied) ~ (with sb) (for sth) (formal) to compete strongly with sb in order to obtain or achieve sth:
[V] She was surrounded by men all vying for her attention. * a row of restaurants vying with each other for business * [Vtoinf] Screaming fans vied to get closer to their idol.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for vie is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is vie a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, vie is tagged as verb.
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