rivalryri‧val‧ry /ˈraɪvəlri/ ●○○ noun (plural rivalries) [countable, uncountable] 
There has always been intense rivalry between New Zealand and Australia. The two players have developed a friendly rivalry. She had never overcome her feelings of sibling rivalry (=rivalry between brothers and sisters).
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- ethnic rivalries
- Holmes says that the rivalry between the two companies has been exaggerated.
- Just because sibling rivalry is normal doesn't mean you should ignore it.
- Most of the killings result from gang rivalry.
- There was an intense rivalry between the Brazilian and Italian teams.
- All sorts of rivalries and intrigues are played out.
- Drama is a meeting and a rivalry of human antitheses.
- Moreover, departmental rivalries are endemic in the style of central government whereby competitive bids are made for limited financial resources.
- Self-respect stimulated by a little gentle rivalry demanded that all should be the very best available.
- The amount of rivalry, it seems, is not related to the amount of affection children feel for each other.
- Traditional friendships and rivalries played at least as important a part in this process as purely financial considerations.
Longman Language Activatora situation in which people try to do better than each other
when people or organizations try hard to get something that they all want but only one of them can get: competition for: · Competition for these jobs is very tough - we had over 200 applicants.competition between: · There's a lot of competition between the big supermarket chains.face competition: · Today television networks face increasing competition from cable programming.fierce/strong/tough/stiff competition (=when a lot of people are all trying very hard to get something): · There is fierce competition for places on the Olympic team.be in competition with somebody/something (=to be in the situation where you are competing with someone else): · Hotels in the downtown area were in direct competition with each other.cut-throat competition (=very strong competition): · Weak management and cut-throat competition put the company out of business.
a competitive situation is one in which people try hard to do better than each other, for example in business or at school: · Amanda hated working in advertising - it was so competitive.highly/fiercely competitive (=very competitive): · The atmosphere at our school was highly competitive.· In such a fiercely competitive environment, it's inevitable that some companies will go out of business.
when two people, teams, or companies, especially when they are similarly successful or skilled, try to do better than each other over a long period of time: rivalry between: · Holmes says that the rivalry between the two companies has been exaggerated.fierce/intense rivalry (=very strong rivalry): · There was an intense rivalry between the Brazilian and Italian teams.sibling rivalry (=when brothers and sisters try to do better than each other): · Just because sibling rivalry is normal doesn't mean you should ignore it.
a situation in which people or organizations fight against each other to get power or control of something, and they are all very determined to win: battle/fight for: · The President's advisors were engaged in a fierce battle for power.· The fight for the construction contract is getting more bitter by the day.straight fight British (=a competition involving only two people or groups, especially after other people or groups have stopped taking part): · The Socialist candidate beat the Liberal in a straight fight.
a situation in which people or groups compete to get or achieve something: · He lost to Pfeiffer in last year's mayoral race.· the arms racerace for: · In the race for the White House, candidates will promise almost anything.the race is on (=the competition has started): · The race is on to find a cure for AIDS, and drug companies have already invested millions in research.
a situation or way of life in which everyone is competing strongly all the time, especially at work, with the result that they always feel worried and they do not enjoy their lives: · I'm tired of the rat race - I'm tired of never getting ahead.· Sunday I just try to relax because Monday morning, it's back to the rat race.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY There has always been intense rivalry between New Zealand and Australia. The two players have developed a friendly rivalry. She had never overcome her feelings of sibling rivalry (=rivalry between brothers and sisters).COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
There has always been intense rivalry between New Zealand and Australia. The two players have developed a friendly rivalry. She had never overcome her feelings of sibling rivalry (=rivalry between brothers and sisters).· The consequence has been fierce rivalry between the two in all areas.· In spite of the fierce rivalry between the two players the decision to agree a draw was marked by a sporting handshake.· They did so, in the main, by mutual agreement, despite the simultaneous fierce rivalries.
· Physical closeness in the temple workshops may have stimulated friendly rivalry to produce ever-finer works and thus stimulated technical and artistic development.· They've been racing each other for years and have developed a friendly rivalry.· The weekend was pronounced a success by the crew, who are still nurturing friendly rivalries.
· Within quite a short time great rivalries grew up between students of different styles.· The press were trying to build up a great rivalry between Ben and me, especially as I had never raced him.· There was great rivalry between the colour factions, often with political implications.· Alternatively, for both Left and Right, this was a form of great power rivalry.
· The County Championship was a big meeting in those days, with intense rivalry between west and north London.· An intense rivalry was to be renewed between Carl Lewis and Ben Johnson in the short sprint.
· The key here lies not with personal rivalries, as administrative historians would have us believe.· The Court at St Germain, however, was riven with personal rivalries and intrigues, which weakened Jacobite organisation considerably.
NOUN· Others continue the hostility into adulthood and never make peace with their brothers and sisters - a phenomenon called sibling rivalry.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a situation in which two or more people, teams, or companies are competing for something, especially over a long period of time, and the feeling of competition between themrivalry between- A bad case of sibling rivalry, it seems.
- Fearing that in comparison to them he can not win his parents' love and esteem is what inflames sibling rivalry.
- In real life, positive and negative oedipal relations, and guilt about these relations often remain hidden behind sibling rivalry.
- Others continue the hostility into adulthood and never make peace with their brothers and sisters - a phenomenon called sibling rivalry.
- They felt no sibling rivalry where Joe was concerned.
- This rejection fear compounds the anxiety that others are preferred and also maybe preferable-the root of sibling rivalry.
- This was not the only instance of sibling rivalry in the house of Pelops.
There has always been intense rivalry between New Zealand and Australia. The two players have developed a friendly rivalry. She had never overcome her feelings of sibling rivalry (=rivalry between brothers and sisters).