to rival
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3.4
- verb
- /ˈraɪvəl/
:
competir con
- This new smartphone is designed to rival top brands in the market.
- rival our own
- begin to rival
- able to rival
Eventually you can build an empire that rivals Ralph Lauren in size and variation.
- Eventually you can build an empire that rivals Ralph Lauren in size and variation.
- She's so funny that she would be rivaling Melissa McCarthy right now if she had stayed Jesus.
- So the point we're going to make was some media outlets have tipped it as rivaling Love Island this year.
- It was, I think, rivaling Mount Cox in size when Mount Cox went offline was, you know, was so they had incentive.
- If I'm reading between the lines, it sounds like a you are in the beginning of, of getting behind a new pizza empire to rival your former.
Examples
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Yeah, anyway, so this includes an electric vehicle that the company claims will rival Tesla.
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Yet, the level of virtuosity that some of these island groups achieve rivals that of symphony orchestras.
Academic text (1995) -
This young man will come to rival your position in this world, My Friend.
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I can offer you a house to rival your own.
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My Paris office seems to think you may be the only man on Earth to rival me.
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China, in other words, rivals Europe in this respect.
Academic text (2013) -
You have a mind to rival my own, a mind that is thoughtful and wise.
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Inside was a sight to rival the most opulent Egyptian tomb.
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Driving up the Queensland coast to Port Douglas, we see beaches that rival those of the Caribbean for scenic beauty.
Academic text (2008) -
Their dream is for Chateau-Chinon to rival Al-Azhar, Cairo's great seat of Islamic learning.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
983
2.6
Try to win against others who want the same thing
961
1.8
To be as good as someone or something else
841
1.0
To be the same color or style as something else
245
1.0
To make something the same in value or amount as another
Antonyms
Compounds
How Competitive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rival comes from Latin rivalis, about people who used the same riva 'bank' or stream and therefore competed, so to rival someone is to try to match or beat them and in other words to 'compete with' them.