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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rival \Ri"val\, v. i.
     To be in rivalry. [Obs.] --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rival \Ri"val\, a.
     Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in
     competition for superiority; as, rival lovers; rival claims
     or pretensions.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The strenuous conflicts and alternate victories of two
           rival confederacies of statesmen.        --Macaulay.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rival \Ri"val\, n. [F. rival (cf. It. rivale), L. rivales two
     neigbors having the same brook in common, rivals, fr. rivalis
     belonging to a brook, fr. rivus a brook. Cf. Rivulet,
     Rete.]
     1. A person having a common right or privilege with another;
        a partner. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              If you do meet Horatio and Marcellus,
              The rivals of my watch, bid them make haste. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. One who is in pursuit of the same object as another; one
        striving to reach or obtain something which another is
        attempting to obtain, and which one only can posses; a
        competitor; as, rivals in love; rivals for a crown.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: ``Rivals, in the primary sense of the word, are those
           who dwell on the banks of the same stream. But since,
           as all experience shows, there is no such fruitful
           source of coutention as a water right, it would
           continually happen that these occupants of the opposite
           banks would be at strife with one another in regard of
           the periods during which they severally had a right to
           the use of the stream . . . And thus 'rivals' . . .
           came to be used of any who were on any grounds in more
           or less unfriendly competition with one another.''
           --Trench.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Competitor; emulator; antagonist.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rival \Ri"val\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rivaledor Rivalled; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Rivaling or Rivalling.]
     1. To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some
        object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To strive to equal or exel; to emulate.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To rival thunder in its rapid course. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Rival \Ri"val\, n. [F. rival (cf. It. rivale), L. rivales two
     neigbors having the same brook in common, rivals, fr. rivalis
     belonging to a brook, fr. rivus a brook. Cf. Rivulet,
     Rete.]
     1. A person having a common right or privilege with another;
        a partner. [Obs.]
  
              If you do meet Horatio and Marcellus, The rivals of
              my watch, bid them make haste.        --Shak.
  
     2. One who is in pursuit of the same object as another; one
        striving to reach or obtain something which another is
        attempting to obtain, and which one only can posses; a
        competitor; as, rivals in love; rivals for a crown.
  
     Note: ``Rivals, in the primary sense of the word, are those
           who dwell on the banks of the same stream. But since,
           as all experience shows, there is no such fruitful
           source of coutention as a water right, it would
           continually happen that these occupants of the opposite
           banks would be at strife with one another in regard of
           the periods during which they severally had a right to
           the use of the stream . . . And thus 'rivals' . . .
           came to be used of any who were on any grounds in more
           or less unfriendly competition with one another.''
           --Trench.
  
     Syn: Competitor; emulator; antagonist.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Rival \Ri"val\, a.
     Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in
     competition for superiority; as, rival lovers; rival claims
     or pretensions.
  
           The strenuous conflicts and alternate victories of two
           rival confederacies of statesmen.        --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Rival \Ri"val\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rivaledor Rivalled; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Rivaling or Rivalling.]
     1. To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some
        object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love.
  
     2. To strive to equal or exel; to emulate.
  
              To rival thunder in its rapid course. --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Rival \Ri"val\, v. i.
     To be in rivalry. [Obs.] --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  rival
       n : the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his
           rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was
           doing" [syn: challenger, competitor, competition, contender]
       v 1: 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" [syn: equal, touch,
             match]
       2: be the rival of, be in competition with; "we are rivaling
          for first place in the race"
       [also: rivalling, rivalled]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  rival
     Catalan a.
     (l en rival)
     Catalan n.
     (l en rival)
     Czech n.
     (l en rival), competitor, opponent
     German a.
     (lb de economics of a good) rivalrous
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     a (l en rival)
     Romanian n.
     (l en rival)
     Spanish a.
     adverse, (l en rival)
     Spanish n.
     (l en rival)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  rival
     a.
     Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for
  superiority.
     n.
     1 A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as
  another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be
  a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.
     2 Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction
  as another.
     3 (lb en obsolete) One having a common right or privilege with
  another; a partner.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To oppose or compete with.
     2 To be equal to, or match, or to surpass another.
     3 To strive to equal or excel; to emulate.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  rival
     Catalan a.
     (l en rival)
     Catalan n.
     (l en rival)
     Czech n.
     (l en rival), competitor, opponent
     German a.
     (lb de economics of a good) rivalrous
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     a (l en rival)
     Romanian n.
     (l en rival)
     Spanish a.
     adverse, (l en rival)
     Spanish n.
     (l en rival)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  rival
     Catalan a.
     (l en rival)
     Catalan n.
     (l en rival)
     Czech n.
     (l en rival), competitor, opponent
     German a.
     (lb de economics of a good) rivalrous
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     a (l en rival)
     Spanish a.
     adverse, (l en rival)
     Spanish n.
     (l en rival)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  rival
     Espanja a.
     kilpaileva, kilpailija
     Ranska a.
     kilpaileva, kilpailija

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  rival
     n.
     1 (tagg: text=om kärlek) medtävlare, konkurrent
     2 (tagg: sport) motspelare, motståndare man har särskild vilja att
  vinna mot

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  rival
     n.
     1 (tagg: text=om kärlek) medtävlare, konkurrent
     2 (tagg: sport) motspelare, motståndare man har särskild vilja att
  vinna mot

From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 : [ freedict:dan-eng ]


  rival /ʁʔiʋˈal/
  rival

From German-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.5 : [ freedict:deu-nld ]


  Rival /rˈiːvɑːl/
  concurrent, mededinger, rivaal

From German-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:deu-por ]


  Rival /rˈiːvɑːl/
  competidor, rival

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Rival /ɹˈaɪvəl/
  المنافس

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  rival //ˈɹaɪvəl// 
  конкурентен
  having the same pretensions or claims

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  rival //ˈɹaɪvəl// 
  1. конкуре́нт, конкуре́нтка, проти́вник, проти́вница, проти́вничка, съпе́рник
  competitor with the same objective
  2. конкурент
  someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  rival //ˈɹaɪvəl// 
  1. равнявам се
  To be equal to, or match
  2. съпернича
  to oppose or compete with

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  rival /ɹˈaɪvəl/
  soupeř

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  rival /ɹˈaɪvəl/ 
  sok

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  rival /ɹˈaɪvəl/ 
  konkurent

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  rival /ɹˈaɪvəl/ 
  protivník

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  rival /ɹˈaɪvəl/
  rival