rival

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But if you want to create, there is just nothing out there that can rival a keyboard and a mouse.

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Quick take

the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of rival gathered in one view.

noun

the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"

verb

be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"

verb

be the rival of, be in competition with; "we are rivaling for first place in the race"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for rival.

noun

the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"

verb

be the rival of, be in competition with; "we are rivaling for first place in the race"

Example sentences

But if you want to create, there is just nothing out there that can rival a keyboard and a mouse.

What's interesting is that my landlord became my Airbnb rival.

Apple is trying hard to rival Oracle for the "most dickish technology company" slot.

Imagine giving a mafia boss control over the heartbeat of every rival.

Someday there was suposed to be something called Swing, and it would have a powerful table API that would rival the MFC widgets in its power.

Federal prosecutors tried to get this interpretation through the courts with that mother that drove her daughter's 'rival' to suicide via MySpace.

In the Mexican drug war, rival drug warlords massacre dozens of civilians because they think they'll be used as mules by the other side; the government then come in force to try to re-establish order in the region.

The Clipper ships, the most advanced sailing vessels operated commercially, could rival the speed of coal-powered steamships of their time, and even of modern oil-powered cargo ships when "slow-steaming" rules are applied.

They're signing 10-year content deals with exclusivity agreements that simultaneously give them a future catalog to rival Netflix while locking Netflix out of acquiring the same top-quality content.

Instead, PopCap agreed to a rival offer from Electronic Arts, worth $750 million in cash and stock and the potential of an additional $550 million if certain earnings goals were met."You agree to be acquired for less money by EA because of the culture of Zynga?

But note that Tex is very successful at allowing "code" invocation to be mixed with text - I'd like to see rivals that challenge Tex on this point.> But why do I even need to mess around with all these extension packages when all Im doing is writing a simple article?

I know this is advertising, but there are a couple of particularly objectionable points…Increasing competition between rival internet companies, the speed of delivery and the ability to iterate are the key traits of market leaders.

"Russia is a corrupt, autocratic kleptocracy centred on the leadership of Vladimir Putin, in which officials, oligarchs and organised crime are bound together to create a "virtual mafia state", according to leaked secret diplomatic cables that provide a damning American assessment of its erstwhile rival superpower.