rival
English
Etymology
From Latin rīvālis (literally “person using the same stream as another”), from rīvus (“small stream, brook”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪvəl/
Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -aɪvəl
Noun
rival (plural rivals)
- A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.
- 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27:
- The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you […] "share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.
- Chris is my biggest rival in the 400-metre race.
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- Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.
- As a social historian, he has no rival.
- (obsolete) One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
- William Shakespeare
- If you do meet Horatio and Marcellus, / The rivals of my watch, bid them make haste.
- William Shakespeare
Derived terms
Translations
competitor with the same objective
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someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another
Adjective
rival (not comparable)
- Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority.
- rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions
- Macaulay
- The strenuous conflicts and alternate victories of two rival confederacies of statesmen.
Verb
rival (third-person singular simple present rivals, present participle rivalling or rivaling, simple past and past participle rivalled or rivaled)
- (transitive) To oppose or compete with.
- to rival somebody in love
- To be equal to, or match, or to surpass another.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess:
- The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, […].
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- To strive to equal or excel; to emulate.
- Dryden
- to rival thunder in its rapid course
- Dryden
Translations
to oppose or compete with
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To be equal to, or match
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emulate
Catalan
Derived terms
- rivalitzar
Related terms
Further reading
- “rival” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rīvālis, literally ‘person using the same stream as another’, from rīvus (“small stream, brook”). Unrelated to rive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁi.val/
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Adjective
rival (feminine singular rivale, masculine plural rivaux, feminine plural rivales)
- rival (attributively)
Further reading
- “rival” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʀiˈvaːl]
- Hyphenation: ri‧val
Adjective
rival (not comparable)
- (economics, of a good) rivalrous
- 2012, Michael Goldhammer, Geistiges Eigentum und Eigentumstheorie, Mohr Siebeck, page 196:
- Als zweites Argument gegen die Möglichkeit von geistigem Eigentum wird häufig vorgebracht, dass immaterielle Güter ihrer Natur nach nicht rival seien […]
- As a second argument against the possibility of intellectual property, it is often brought forward that immaterial goods are not rivalrous by nature
- Als zweites Argument gegen die Möglichkeit von geistigem Eigentum wird häufig vorgebracht, dass immaterielle Güter ihrer Natur nach nicht rival seien […]
- 2012, Michael Goldhammer, Geistiges Eigentum und Eigentumstheorie, Mohr Siebeck, page 196:
Declension
Declension of rival
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist rival | sie ist rival | es ist rival | sie sind rival | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | rivaler | rivale | rivales | rivale |
genitive | rivalen | rivaler | rivalen | rivaler | |
dative | rivalem | rivaler | rivalem | rivalen | |
accusative | rivalen | rivale | rivales | rivale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der rivale | die rivale | das rivale | die rivalen |
genitive | des rivalen | der rivalen | des rivalen | der rivalen | |
dative | dem rivalen | der rivalen | dem rivalen | den rivalen | |
accusative | den rivalen | die rivale | das rivale | die rivalen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein rivaler | eine rivale | ein rivales | (keine) rivalen |
genitive | eines rivalen | einer rivalen | eines rivalen | (keiner) rivalen | |
dative | einem rivalen | einer rivalen | einem rivalen | (keinen) rivalen | |
accusative | einen rivalen | eine rivale | ein rivales | (keine) rivalen |
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
rival m (definite singular rivalen, indefinite plural rivaler, definite plural rivalene)
- a rival
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
rival m (definite singular rivalen, indefinite plural rivalar, definite plural rivalane)
- a rival
Derived terms
Portuguese
Synonyms
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rǐʋaːl/
- Hyphenation: ri‧val
Spanish
Synonyms
Swedish
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