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rival

noun [ C ]

/ˈraɪ.vəl/ us

/ˈraɪ.vəl/

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a person, group, etc. competing with others for the same thing or in the same area:

He beat his closest/nearest rival by 20 marks.

The companies produce rival versions of the toy.

Synonymer

challenger
competitor
contender

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The company has decided not to go through with the takeover of its smaller rival.
The airline admitted being involved in a dirty tricks campaign to win customers from their rival.
She hired an assassin to eliminate her rival.
Big supermarkets can undercut all rivals, especially small high-street shops.
They beat several other rivals for the contract.

SMART Vocabulary: relaterte ord og fraser

Enemies & rivals

rival

verb [ T ]

/ˈraɪ.vəl/ us

/ˈraɪ.vəl/

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to be as good, clever, beautiful, etc. as someone or something else:

No computer can rival a human brain for/in complexity.

The beauty of the country is only rivalled by (= is as great in degree as) the violence of its politics.

SMART Vocabulary: relaterte ord og fraser

Competing and contending (non-sporting)

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Being or appearing similar or the same

(Definisjon av rival fra Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

rival | Amerikansk ordbok

rival

noun [ C ]

/ˈrɑɪ·vəl/

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a person, group, or organization competing with others for the same thing or in the same area:

business/political rivals

rival

verb [ T ]

/ˈrɑɪ·vəl/

to equal or be as good as:

No computer can rival a human brain.

(Definisjon av rival fra Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

rival | Forretningsengelsk

rival

noun [ C ]

/ˈraɪvəl/ us

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a person, company, product, etc. competing with others for the same thing or in the same area:

The strong pound will leave large sections of British manufacturing uncompetitive against rivals in the rest of Europe.

rival for sth They are rivals for the top job.

rival to sb/sth Linux is an operating system and thus a rival to Windows.

your main/closest/biggest rival

rival

adjective [ before noun ]

/ˈraɪvəl/ us

competing with other people, companies, products, etc. for the same thing or in the same area:

a rival company/firm

a rival bid/offer

While they are more expensive than rival products, she said the quality makes the price worth it.

Any rival bidder will have to move quickly and pay considerably more.

rival

verb [ T ]

/ˈraɪvəl/ us

UK -ll- | US -l-

to be as good as other similar people, companies, products, etc.:

In the Algarve, citrus farming is expanding rapidly and the fruit rivals anything Spain can produce.

Electronic marketplaces can offer a reach and efficiency that physical markets cannot rival.

rival sb/sth as sth China could eventually rival Japan as the most lucrative luxury market in the world.

(Definisjon av rival fra Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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As a result of equilibrium play, the rivals can avoid fighting altogether by backing down or submitting to the other's demands at critical decision points.

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With such backing, their leadership was secured against potential rivals in a way their predecessors could never have imagined.

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Democracies are less likely to be rivals and democratization pushes rivalry resolution.

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More successful distant rivals were the real competition, while also serving as sources of inspiration.

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Worse, the radicals can also perceive them as rivals, and take advantage of their repression to start launching violent attacks to replace them.

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However, costly signaling may also explain the role of food sharing in deterring rivals.

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The media reported it as a clear victory for bio-medicine over its non-orthodox "rivals".

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Nevertheless, our rivals threaten a range of outcomes that are observed in real world settings.

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Additionally, as the size of the winning coalition increases, incumbents must spend a higher proportion of available resources to defeat political rivals.

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Instead, the rivals fight preventively to evade the danger of reversion to a self-defeating extremal equilibrium that involves no further fighting.

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As long as the rivals adopt incompatible bargaining positions at any point, the crisis can escalate to war and wars can be fought repeatedly.

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We find that the rivals' ability to threaten each other is a critical determinant of the outcome of bargaining.

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Like their rivals, government journalists were constrained in what they wrote by the law.

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Instead, they must present policies that are significantly more attractive than - hence different from - their rivals' positions.

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At the same time it hoped to profit from its rivals' disputes in the region.

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bitter rival

But the diva also sets her sights on him and, used to getting what she wants, becomes the bitter rival-in-love of the other singer.

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closest rival

She had defeated her closest rival by less than 200 votes in close 4-way race.

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fierce rivals

Considering the two schools were fierce rivals prior to consolidation there was very little conflict when they were combined.

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