rival
verb/ˈraɪvl/
/ˈraɪvl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they rival | /ˈraɪvl/ /ˈraɪvl/ |
| he / she / it rivals | /ˈraɪvlz/ /ˈraɪvlz/ |
| past simple rivalled | /ˈraɪvld/ /ˈraɪvld/ |
| past participle rivalled | /ˈraɪvld/ /ˈraɪvld/ |
| (North American English also) past simple rivaled | /ˈraɪvld/ /ˈraɪvld/ |
| (North American English also) past participle rivaled | /ˈraɪvld/ /ˈraɪvld/ |
| -ing form rivalling | /ˈraɪvlɪŋ/ /ˈraɪvlɪŋ/ |
| (North American English also) -ing form rivaling | /ˈraɪvlɪŋ/ /ˈraɪvlɪŋ/ |
- rival somebody/something (for/in something) to be as good, impressive, etc. as somebody/something else synonym compare with/to
- You will find scenery to rival anything you can see in the Alps.
- Golf cannot rival football for excitement.
Extra Examples- Nothing rivals skiing for sheer excitement.
- The food of this region is rivalled only by its wines.
- a palace which almost rivals Versailles in size
- Many mammals use echoes but the only ones to rival bats in sophistication are whales.
- The boat has an extensive galley which rivals most domestic kitchens.
- The collection is rivalled only by that at the British Museum.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin rivalis, originally in the sense ‘person using the same stream as another’, from rivus ‘stream’.
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