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rival

ri·val

UK/ˈɹaɪvəl/ US/ˈraɪvʌl/ fairly common
verb (2) noun (1)

verb

1.

be equal to in quality or ability

  • “Nothing can rival cotton for durability”
  • “Your performance doesn”
  • “;”
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2.

be the rival of, be in competition with

  • “we are rivaling for first place in the race”

noun

1.

the contestant you hope to defeat

  • “he had respect for his rivals”
  • “he wanted to know what the competition was doing”
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Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin rīvālis (literally “person using the same stream as another”). By surface analysis, Latin rīvus + -al.

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