rivals

تعريف rivals في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.: a humorous play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, whose best-known character is Mrs Malaprop (1775); “Persons dwelling on opposite sides of a river ” Forsyth derives these words from the Latin rivalis, a riverman Caelius says there was no more fruitful source of contention than river-right, both with beasts and men, not only for the benefit of its waters, but also because rivers are natural boundaries Hence Ariosto compares Orlando and Agrican to “two hinds quarrelling for the river-right” (xxiii 83); third-person singular of rival; Traditionally, Sydney Uni have been MAD's biggest rival, with the two unis regularly meeting in the Grand Finals of Australs (where they got us in 1999, but we got revenge in 2000) and Worlds (where we beat them in 1999) There's also a healthy sense of competition between MAD and MUDS, the two big Victorian debating clubs; competitors; plural of rival
rival: To equal to or surpass another
rival: A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) who is well known to another and has similar skills and achievements. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor
Chris is my biggest rival in the 400m.
rival: Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another
As a social historian, he has no rival.
rival: {n} a competitor
rival: {v} to be a competitor, oppose, emulate
rival: {a} making the same claim
rival: be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"
rival: To strive to equal or exel; to emulate
rival: be the rival of, be in competition with; "we are rivaling for first place in the race
rival: 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. rivalled rivalling rivaled rivaling to be as good or important as someone or something else unrivalled
rival: ri·val rivals rivalling rivalled in AM, use rivaling, rivaled
rival: A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner
rival: be the rival of, be in competition with; "we are rivaling for first place in the race"
rival: {s} being in competition, contending
rival: the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" be the rival of, be in competition with; "we are rivaling for first place in the race
rival: One who is in pursuit of the same object as another; one striving to reach or obtain something which another is attempting to obtain, and which one only can posses; a competitor; as, rivals in love; rivals for a crown
rival: To oppose or compete with
rival: {i} competitor, opponent, contender
rival: 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
rival: To be in rivalry
rival: the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
rival: Someone or something who is competing against another for the same objective; a competitor
rival: To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love
rival: {f} compete with, challenge, oppose, contest
rival: Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority; as, rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions
rival: 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