Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - rival
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I. noun Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin ~is one using the same stream as another, ~ in love, from ~is of a stream, from rivus stream — more at run Date: 1577 1. a. one of two or more striving to reach or obtain something that only one can possess b. one striving for competitive advantage 2. obsolete companion, associate 3. one that equals another in desired qualities ; peer II. adjective Date: 1590 having the same pretensions or claims ; competing III. verb (~ed or ~led; ~ing or ~ling) Date: 1605 intransitive verb to act as a ~ ; compete transitive verb 1. to be in competition with 2. to strive to equal or excel ; emulate 3. to possess qualities or aptitudes that approach or equal (those of another)
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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 comparable to. 2 seem or claim to be as good as. Etymology: L rivalis, orig. = using the same stream, f. rivus stream ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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конкурент; конкурировать; конкурирующий RIVAL 1. сущ. 1) соперник 2) конкурент - business rivals 2. прил. 1) соперничающий 2) конкурирующий - rival firms ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. соперник, конкурент business rivals —- конкуренты rivals in love —- соперники в любви without a rival —- не имеющий соперников; не имеющий себе равных, превосходный, непревзойденный; вне конкуренции 2. воен. противник 3. соперничающий, конкурирующий rival firms —- конкурирующие фирмы rival decision —- альтернативное решение we beat the rival team for two years straight —- мы уже второй год побеждаем команду противника 4. соперничать, конкурировать no one can rival her when it comes to looks —- в красоте с ней никто не может соперничать her cheeks rival roses in hue —- цвету ее щек могли бы позавидовать розы ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) соперник; конкурент; without a rival - а) не имеющий соперника; б) вне конкуренции 2) mil. противник Syn: see opponent 2. adj. соперничающий; конкурирующий; rival firms - конкурирующие фирмы 3. v. соперничать; конкурировать Syn: see compete ...Англо-русский словарь
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(rivals, rivalling, rivalled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: in AM, use 'rivaling', 'rivaled' 1. Your rival is a person, business, or organization who you are competing or fighting against in the same area or for the same things. The world champion finished more than two seconds ahead of his nearest rival... N-COUNT 2. If you say that someone or something has no rivals or is without rival, you mean that it is best of its type. ...a wonderfully fragrant wine which has no rivals in the Rhone... N-COUNT: with brd-neg 3. If you say that one thing rivals another, you mean that they are both of the same standard or quality. Cassette recorders cannot rival the sound quality of CDs... VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 n 1 a person, group, or organization that you compete with in sport, business, a fight etc (He left the government to become her most formidable rival.) + for (The two girls were rivals for Jack's attention.) rival company/nation/team etc (Sheena left her job and went to work for a rival company. | arch-rival (=main rival)) (Hanover High School was our arch-rival in football.) 2 something that is equally as good or important as something else (rival claim/explanation/argument etc) (The court listened to the rival explanations in turn. | have no/few rivals (=be better than all others or most others)) ~2 v rivalled, rivalling BrE rivaled, rivaling AmE to be as good or important as someone or something else (The college's facilities rival those of Harvard and Yale.) (- see also unrivalled) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1577, from L. rivalis "a rival," originally, "one who uses the same stream" (or "one on the opposite side of the stream"), from rivus "brook." The notion is of the competitiveness of neighbors. The verb is first attested 1605. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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