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vying

[vahy-ing]

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adjective

competing; contending: All vying swimmers come to the judge's desk.

verb

present participle of vie.

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Origin:
vie + -ing²

Related forms

vy·ing·ly, adverb

un·vy·ing, adjective

Example Sentences

Those vying for elected office, however, are reluctant to sign on to this agenda.

But they share similarities as movements vying for influence and invoking pluralism.

Every big carmaker seems to be developing one, and governments are vying with each other to support them.

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Those vying for elected office, however, are reluctant to sign on to this agenda.

But they share similarities as movements vying for influence and invoking pluralism.

Every big carmaker seems to be developing one, and governments are vying with each other to support them.

Vying for position under a bagan, male whale sharks-two of about twenty that visit this spot-scramble for a snack.

The turmoil led to the emergence of several rival sects, each one vying for dominance.

That's a large and ever-growing number of startups vying for space to grow as exponentially as they dream.

While it has tried to learn more about the venture, it has not been vying for the right to run a museum there.

They're vying for the double grand prize of tenure and an office with a window.

In a bleak employment market, with too many candidates vying for too few jobs, standing out from the crowd is not easy.

But so have other nearby males, which also begin singing lovelorn tunes-all of them vying for this one lady in the treetops.

There's a plethora of videos of people vying for some attention and young women flaunting their bodies.

But the factions have since fought each other sporadically, vying for supremacy.

Writers needs to keep in mind that the reader has many suitors, all vying for her attention.

And researchers are vying with one another to be the first to devise an effective vaccine.

We mean, simply, that they're vying for their sport's top spot-and pushing each to be better in the process.

RayJay is one of a dozen astronomers around the world vying to be the first to photograph an extrasolar planet.

Much more experienced people will be vying against you for the great or even decent jobs.

The problem is that every well-run company has more than one potential chief executive vying for its top job.

Maybe it had something to do with the starkness of the distances, with the dramatic vying of sunlight and storm.

Melis is one of many researchers around the world vying to reach hydrogen nirvana.

There are probably more doctorate holders, vying for fewer permanent jobs, now than any time in recorded history.

Local banks are vying with each other to come up with new products all the time.

All of the major companies are vying to expand into emerging markets.

He will leave a hole that nobody vying to be his successor will quite be able to fill.

Small wonder, then, that the strategy houses are vying for that work.

And manufacturers will be vying with one another to provide the lowest figure in the land.

Having lots of small providers vying for patients will not on its own raise standards.

Two separate groups are vying for credit in what some might consider the research arm of a chocolate war.

If you were a finalist and went on a campus interview, perhaps everyone in your field knows that you were vying for that post.

Watch a young polar bear vying for a piece of an older bear's meal.

It certainly seems that electric propulsion is vying to regain the power it ceded to gasoline engines a century ago.

Lately brewers have been vying to create the world's bitterest beer, and it seems that every.

The two toys represent rival schools of thought vying for supremacy in the quest for artificial intelligence.

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are vying with next-generation hybrid car technology.

Nobody was seen publicly vying for the job, which would have been the height of unseemliness.

Now six new models are vying to replace these familiar steel towers.

The cosmetics industry has long been vying for a product that held out the promise of long, thick lashes.

Chinese regions are vying to outdo one another in a race to develop alternative-energy sources and cut pollution.

Kmart, the nation's third-largest discount retailer, is vying to become the next word in budget chic.

About four dozen cases have been chosen so far, and a number of crucial cases from the appellate courts are vying to be added.

But there are two separate groups vying for credit in what some might consider the research arm of a chocolate factory war.

Apple has not had to contend with thousands of young hackers vying to poke holes in the security of its operating systems.

With federal dollars becoming more scarce, cities are increasingly vying for financing from nonprofits like.

Along with others, such providers have been vying to offer their customers access to data-processing and storage.

The tantalizing prospect has set off a financial scramble among some wealthy donors and charities vying for their dollars.

The anti-Aristide fighters are vying with pro-government forces for control of nearly a dozen towns across the country.

The plan comes at a time when both political parties are vying to see who can be toughest on crime.

Yet, you'd always have some people vying for that extra fraction of money even if s/he needs to do it unscrupulously and.

Some white men are frightened and angry that people unlike them are vying for their jobs.

And each of the foursome is vying for greater influence worldwide.

She is vying with other casino companies for a steadily decreasing pool of entry-level workers.

Like many successful persons of our time, he also has an ego that comes to conflict with others vying for the same spotlight.

But vying for scarce research funds can pit special interest groups against one another.

At best we'll see a shaky authoritarian state with different elites vying for power.

Eager to make up the difference,Beijingis vying to attract overseas investors.

So public enlightenment, personal agenda and the profit motive/survival instinct are vying for priority at the editor's desk.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used without object)

to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority: Swimmers from many nations were vying for the title.

verb (used with object)

Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.

Obsolete. to stake in card playing.

Origin:
1525–35; by aphesis < Middle French envier to raise the stake (at cards), Old French: to challenge, provoke < Latin invītāre to entertain, invite

Related forms

vi·er, noun

out·vie, verb (used with object), -vied, -vy·ing.

Synonyms
1. compete, contest, struggle.

Link To vying

Collins

World English Dictionary

vie (vaɪ)

—vb , vies, vying, vied
1.	(intr; foll by with or for) to contend for superiority or victory (with) or strive in competition (for)
2.	archaic (tr) to offer, exchange, or display in rivalry

[C15: probably from Old French envier to challenge, from Latin invītāre to invite]

'vier

—n

'vying

—*adj*, —n

vying (ˈvaɪɪŋ)

—vb
1.	the present participle of vie

—*adj*
2.	competing: two vying patriarchs

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Word Origin & History

vie

1565, aphetic form of M.E. envie "make a challenge," from O.Fr. envier, from L. invitare (see invite).

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