Sekirov Dictionary

rival

/ˈɹaɪvəl/

noun 3
verb 3
adjective 1
forms 5

noun3

•
a person or group trying to win the same thing as another
- Chris is my biggest rival in the 400-metre race.
•
Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.
- As a social historian, he has no rival.
•
(no longer used) One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
- If you do meet Horatio and Marcellus, / The rivals of my watch, bid them make haste. — 1599

verb3

To oppose or compete with.
•
To be equal to, or match, or to surpass another.
- But the Waverley is still the best-placed station of any British city, and gives the arriving stranger a first impression rivalled in Europe only by the exclusively watery station approach at Venice. — 1941
To strive to equal or excel; to emulate.

adjective1

•
Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority.
- rival claims or pretensions

forms

rivaled · rivalled · rivaling · rivalling · rivals

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