rival
US: /ˈɹaɪvəɫ/
UK: /ɹˈaɪvəl/
UK: /ɹˈaɪvəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
rival /'raivəl/
- danh từ
- đối thủ, địch thủ, người kình địch, người cạnh tranh
- business rivals: các nhà cạnh tranh kinh doanh
- without a rival: không có đối thủ xuất chúng
- đối thủ, địch thủ, người kình địch, người cạnh tranh
- tính từ
- đối địch, kình địch, cạnh tranh
- rival companies: những công ty cạnh tranh nhau
- đối địch, kình địch, cạnh tranh
- động từ
- so bì với, sánh với
- (từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) cạnh tranh
Advanced English dictionary
noun, adjective, verb
+ noun
~ (to sb/sth) (for sth) a person, company, or thing that competes with another in sport, business, etc: The two teams have always been rivals. + The Japanese are our biggest economic rivals. + This latest design has no rivals (= it is easily the best design available).
rival adjective [only before noun]: a rival bid / claim / offer + fighting between rival groups + He was shot by a member of a rival gang.
+ verb (-ll-, AmE also -l-) [VN] ~ sb/sth (for / in sth) to be as good, impressive, etc. as sb/sth else: You will find scenery to rival anything you can see in the Alps. + Golf cannot rival football for excitement.
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Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
arch, bitter, close, deadly, fierce, great, serious | biggest, chief, main, nearest, principal | long-standing, old
They're old political rivals.
| jealous | foreign, international
The company is well equipped to compete with its international rivals.
| business, political
VERB + RIVAL
have
She has no rivals for the job.
| beat, defeat
RIVAL + NOUN
candidate | faction, gang, group | company, firm | bid, offer | claim
PREP.
~ for
They were rivals for her love.
| ~ in
They were rivals in love.
| ~ to
Grand it may be, but this cathedral is no rival to the great cathedral of Amiens.
Concise English dictionary
rivalled|rivalling|rivals|rivaled|rivaling'raɪvl
noun
+the contestant you hope to defeat
verb
+be equal to in quality or ability
+be the rival of, be in competition with
