rival1 nounrival2 verb
rivalri‧val1 /ˈraɪvəl/ ●●○ W3 noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINrival1
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin rivalis ‘someone who uses the same stream as another, rival in love’, from rivus ‘stream’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The cult of Mithras was Christianity's main rival at the time of Constantine.
- The fight started as an argument between rival gang members.
- The two teams have always been rivals.
- As with the tiger it is the male's warning to rivals to stay off its home range.
- He knows that he has no serious rival for the job.
- Like Medea, she plots revenge on her rival, the bride-to-be, and threatens her own child.
- Mr Reaves claims the industry connections and combined experience give his funds an edge over rivals in picking turnaround candidates.
- Police and prosecutors, especially those in the pay of rival cartels, have been a special Arellano target.
- So far no rivals have matched the rave reviews E ma won for the film.
- Sorry, Clinton only switched running mates for the evening to poke fun at Republican rival George Bush.
- They do not have to do down rivals in order to benefit themselves.
Longman Language Activatorpeople who are trying to do better than each other
a person or company that tries to do better than another that offers similar goods or services: · Their major competitors are IBM and Sun Microsystems.· If we're going to succeed, we'll have to provide something that our competitors don't.
a person, team, or company that tries to do better than another similar one, especially over a long period: · The two teams have always been rivals.rival group/school/gang etc: · The fight started as an argument between rival gang members.
all the people or groups that are trying to do better than you, especially in business: · Our sales figures are 10% ahead of the competition.strong competition (=when the people you are competing against are very good): · The team overcame strong competition to gain their place in the finals.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectives
his chief rival for the job
1a person, group, or organization that you compete with in sport, business, a fight etc SYN competitor: · Who is the champion's main rival?
(=the one that is closest to beating them)· She finished 7.1 seconds ahead of her nearest rival.
(=an important rival for a long time)· Oxford and Cambridge University have always been great rivals
(=their main or strongest rival)· McDonald's and its arch-rival Burger King
· He knows that he has no serious rival for the job.
· Hindhead had a convincing victory over their old rivals, Frensham.
(=one who is likely to be a rival in the future)· Their business is a potential rival for ours.
(=one that hates you)· They have long been bitter rivals.
· At the time, France and Britain were major political rivals.
· His presidential rivals have vigorously attacked him.
rival + NOUN· My task is to unite the rival factions within the party.
· The rival team's fans were in the other part of the ground.
· The street is a war zone between two rival gangs.
· There were fights between rival fans after the match.
· It may have to merge with a rival company to stay in business.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=a rival/enemy who you have strong feelings of dislike or anger about)· The two men are bitter rivals for the party leadership.
his chief rival for the job (=fans who support different teams competing against each other)· There were fights between rival fans outside the stadium.
· Fighting between rival gangs left dozens of people injured.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· It narrowly beat much bigger rival and fellow supermarkets group J Sainsbury to the top slot, and outshone Tesco.· Smith Barney still lags its six biggest rivals in investment banking -- Merrill Lynch&.· Its big rival, Stamps.com, also laid off 240 employees last month in a bid to streamline operations.· Small banks are raising them in an attempt to steal customers from their bigger rivals.· My friend in the business pointed out that his guitar had a slimmer neck than its big rival.· Its surplus assets have stirred the interest of bigger rivals.· Avis's advantage may not last long: most of its big rivals are also spending heavily on information technology.· Its three big domestic rivals do not intend to cut and run either.
· Early returns show bitter rival and outgoing President Slobodan Milosevic well ahead in the race.· Six teams are bitter rivals in what will be a fight to the finish.
· Its chief international rival, Advanced Micro Devices, is also in Penang.· Taylor and his chief rival, Alhaji Kromah, have announced they will run for president.· His chief rival for the nomination, Sen.· He stayed in office for two terms, a record 14 years, longer than did his chief rival, Gen.
· Rothmans maintained an average of 14.2 knots throughout the morning while most of her close rivals slowed.· As a result its leading members seem chiefly interested in backstabbing their closest rivals.· Cramant, Avize, le Mesnil-sur-Oger and Oger are close rivals for the production of the best Chardonnay.· His close rival, the Maharaja of Rewa, reached a total of 500 and then withdrew from the contest.· He won 298 of 484 valid votes against 155 for his closest rival, the former prime minister Ryutaro Hashimoto.
· Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario positively demolished her opponents with a ruthlessness reminiscent of Navratilova's great rival of the 1980's, Chris Evert.· It also fortified imperialist competition: each Great Power rival was now backed by popular support.· Kasparov - Karpov Ruy Lopez Kasparov is building up an excellent score against his great rival with this move.· Why should such an unimportant jewel be first in Topaz's hands, then on the wrist of her greatest rival?
· Formby suffered a crushing 10 wicket defeat at home to local rivals Southport.· After that it looked like they would trample all over their local rivals.· To have lost a game against the local rivals that should have been sewn up was bad enough.· As such it may emerge as Televisa's main local rival.· Willington picked up their second win in three games with a 3-2 win over local rivals Crook Town.
· Swapo and its main rival, the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance, have accused each other of violent intimidation during the campaign.· Wilson declared, aware that Means, his main political rival on Pine Ridge, intended to run for his own job.· Harkin nevertheless won all of the state's delegates since none of his four main rivals reached 15 percent.· His main rival has been tuning up on Burford golf course.· Stockton, a game in hand, emerged as Wearside's main rivals.· The parliament chairman, Ruslan Khasbulatov, Mr Yeltsin's main rival, denied the assembly was concentrating power in its hands.· Mr Jereissati's main rival so far is Jose Serra, the health minister.
· In January, polls showed Dole was leading his nearest rival by 23 percentage points.· Their hosts are Halstead's nearest rivals for survival.· But if Nader is having problems capturing the magical double-digit support level, his nearest third-party rivals are floundering in his wake.· With their nearest rival, Tesco, they've become far and away the most popular places to do the weekly shop.· They were well ahead of nearest rival Nabarro Nathanson, which employs 145 solicitors.· The Golf GTi and its nearest rival.
· Standing in their way are old rivals Bath.· Only one person stood in his way: Thad Cochran, his old rival from Mississippi.· He replaced eating cornflakes with continually inviting Angela out to dinner in an effort to win her away from his old rival.· She meets her old rival, Miss Le Moignan.· Among these were the Bruces, whose lands he handed to their old rivals, the Comyns.· She could wear shorter dresses than her older rivals, an advantage in court coverage.· It is also an old rival of Dornier.
· His lifelong political rival, the charismatic, unlettered Eric Gairy, mocked Blaize's kindly manner as weakness.· The monarch's potential as a political rival is an issue of which Iliescu is only too aware.· But Yeltsin faced new criticism from his political rivals.· At least seven canvassers were reportedly shot dead by political rivals during the campaign.· Wilson declared, aware that Means, his main political rival on Pine Ridge, intended to run for his own job.· Once elected, he had too many job-hungry party supporters to waste important posts on political rivals.
· But in the long term the Daim resignation demonstrates again the failure of Mahathir to accept a potential rival.· His potential Democratic rival in four years, Rep.· They are potential rivals, maybe eventual allies, in the Democratic primary.· Billed as a potential rival to Gleneagles, the development was to cost £60m in total.· While Yeltsin was sidelined, potential rivals engaged in a fierce jockeying for power.· But he could be generous, even to potential rivals.· Kerrey is considered a potential rival of Gore in the next presidential contest.
· Bismarck, who saw in Waldersee a serious rival, disliked this development, but was powerless to reverse it.· Harold summoned the group, secure in his belief that a watchmaker can be no serious rival for Esther.· He knows that he has no serious rival for the job.· And he was ever so pleased - puffed and strutted like Joe Brown had a serious rival.· None of the men were serious rivals, though; at least, he had thought not, until this moment.· Eight years ago Fuchs had been Beeren's only serious rival for the appointment.· They have defeated their only serious rival - socialist ideology.
NOUN· But the battles in each market are as often against nationalism as against rival firms.
VERB· It narrowly beat much bigger rival and fellow supermarkets group J Sainsbury to the top slot, and outshone Tesco.· But Tsongas turned those views around when he came out on top, beating rival Clinton in the New Hampshire primary.· Champagne Lover was backed from 16-1 to 2-1 and beat 18 rivals by 12 lengths.· Manufacturers were looking at different techniques in an effort to beat off their rivals.
· Equities also face two stiff rivals as a destination for domestic investors' capital.· The girls have four days to recover from the California trip before facing their state rival in Mac Court.· Even a dominant firm will face rivals seeking to find a window of opportunity to chip away at the dominant position.
This gives the company a competitive advantage over its rivals.rival for his chief rival for the job He finished 39 seconds ahead of his main rival. She was 2 minutes faster than her nearest rival. a game against their old rivals, Manchester United They still remain bitter rivals (=hate each other). Their sales have now overtaken those of their arch-rival (=main or strongest rival).rival company/firm/team etc Sheena left her job and went to work for a rival company.2one of a group of things that people can choose between: The newest model has several advantages over its rivals.COLLOCATIONSadjectivessomebody's main/chief rival· Who is the champion's main rival?somebody's nearest/closest rival (=the one that is closest to beating them)· She finished 7.1 seconds ahead of her nearest rival.a great rival (=an important rival for a long time)· Oxford and Cambridge University have always been great rivalssomebody's arch-rival (=their main or strongest rival)· McDonald's and its arch-rival Burger Kinga serious rival· He knows that he has no serious rival for the job.an old rival· Hindhead had a convincing victory over their old rivals, Frensham.a potential rival (=one who is likely to be a rival in the future)· Their business is a potential rival for ours.a bitter rival (=one that hates you)· They have long been bitter rivals.a political rival· At the time, France and Britain were major political rivals.a presidential rival· His presidential rivals have vigorously attacked him.rival + NOUNrival factions/groups· My task is to unite the rival factions within the party.a rival team· The rival team's fans were in the other part of the ground.a rival gang· The street is a war zone between two rival gangs.rival fans/supporters· There were fights between rival fans after the match.a rival company/firm· It may have to merge with a rival company to stay in business.rival1 nounrival2 verb
rivalrival2 ●○○ verb (past tense and past participle rivalled, present participle rivalling British English, rivaled, rivaling American English) VERB TABLE
rival
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | rival |
| he, she, it | rivals | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | rivalled (BrE), rivaled (AmE) |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have rivalled (BrE), rivaled (AmE) |
| he, she, it | has rivalled (BrE), rivaled (AmE) | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had rivalled (BrE), rivaled (AmE) |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will rival |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have rivalled (BrE), rivaled (AmE) |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am rivalling (BrE), rivaling (AmE) |
| he, she, it | is rivalling (BrE), rivaling (AmE) | |
| you, we, they | are rivalling (BrE), rivaling (AmE) | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was rivalling (BrE), rivaling (AmE) |
| you, we, they | were rivalling (BrE), rivaling (AmE) | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been rivalling (BrE), rivaling (AmE) |
| he, she, it | has been rivalling (BrE), rivaling (AmE) | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been rivalling (BrE), rivaling (AmE) |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be rivalling (BrE), rivaling (AmE) |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been rivalling (BrE), rivaling (AmE) |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Chef Shawn's apple pie rivals the best I've tasted.
- The new aeroplane would rival its competitors in terms of noise, range and versatility.
- The prince built a vast palace, rivalling Versailles in size and opulence.
- No other category of asset came close to rivalling that performance.
- Organisers claim that the event will rival, if not eclipse, this year's Tall Ships extravaganza.
- The weathermen said the storm had rivalled summer hurricanes in its intensity.
Longman Language Activatorequal in quality, standard, or ability
· I don't think she ever recorded a song as good as "Stormy Weather".· They say that the new Argentinian striker will be as good as Maradona.· "How's the strawberry flavor?" "It's OK, but not as good as the chocolate one."
to be as good or as important as all the other things that are available: be equal to anyone/anything: · There's no doubt that she can produce work that is equal to anyone else's in her class.· The architecture here is equal to anything found in Florence or Rome.
: equally strong/good/difficult etc equal in strength, quality etc: · Chantal Johnson was brought up in Canada, and is equally fluent in French and English.· The meat can then be baked, grilled, or sautéed with equally good results.· Danny has great skill as a football player, and, equally important, the determination that you need to succeed.
to be as good as something else or equal in size, speed, power etc: · No one has ever equalled her performance as Juliet.· The cloth dyers of ancient Tyre produced beautiful colours that have never been equalled by even the finest synthetic dyes.be matched/equalled only by something: · The facilities at the club were only matched by one or two other clubs in Europe.
to be almost as good, impressive, or successful as something that is very good, impressive etc: · The college's facilities rival those of Harvard or Yale.rival something in something: · The new aeroplane would rival its competitors in terms of noise, range and versatility.· The prince built a vast palace, rivalling Versailles in size and opulence.
to be as good or almost as good as something that is very good: · The acquisition of Walker puts the company on a par with its rivals in France and Germany.· Donald showed up with a woman called Pandora, whose beauty was on a par with any film star.
if competitors or opponents are evenly matched they have almost equal ability, so a game or competition between them will be very even: · The two wrestlers were evenly matched.· It seems that the teams are pretty evenly matched, but the French players are probably more experienced.
British you say there's nothing to choose between two things or people when they are both equally good and you cannot say which is better: · After the interviews we had to admit there was nothing to choose between the two candidates.· There's really nothing to choose between the performance of these two cars.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES his chief rival for the job
[transitive] to be as good or important as someone or something else: (=a rival/enemy who you have strong feelings of dislike or anger about)· The two men are bitter rivals for the party leadership.
his chief rival for the job (=fans who support different teams competing against each other)· There were fights between rival fans outside the stadium.
· Fighting between rival gangs left dozens of people injured.
The college’s facilities rival those of Harvard and Yale. a stadium to rival any in the world