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ri·val    Audio Help   [rahy-vuhl] Pronunciation Key noun, adjective, verb, -valed, -val·ing or (especially British) -valled, -val·ling.
–noun
1.a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
2.a person or thing that is in a position to dispute another's preeminence or superiority: a stadium without a rival.
3.Obsolete. a companion in duty.
–adjective
4.competing or standing in rivalry: rival suitors; rival businesses.
–verb (used with object)
5.to compete with in rivalry: strive to win from, equal, or outdo.
6.to prove to be a worthy rival of: He soon rivaled the others in skill.
7.to equal (something) as if in carrying on a rivalry: The Hudson rivals any European river in beauty.
–verb (used without object)
8.to engage in rivalry; compete.

[Origin: 1570–80; < L rīvālis orig., one who uses a stream in common with another, equiv. to rīv(us) stream + -ālis -al1]

ri·val·less, adjective

1. contestant, emulator, antagonist. See opponent. 4. competitive, opposed. 5. oppose. 7. match, emulate.
1. ally.
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