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Learner’s Word of the Day
Learner’s Word of the Day
=>Rival ![Audio Pronunciation]()
Function: noun [count]
Plural: rivals
Meanings:
1 : a person or thing that tries to defeat or be more successful than another
Examples:
<The teams have been longtime rivals.>
<The men are romantic rivals for her affection.>
<her rival [=competitor, opponent] in the election>
<the company’s chief/main rival>
Note: This sense of rival is often used before another noun.
Examples:
<a rival team/gang/candidate/company/
<He told a rival version of the story. [=a version that disagrees with another version]>
2 : something or someone that is as good or almost as good as another person or thing
Examples:
<The company’s paper is the rival of any in the world. [=it is as good as any paper in the world]>
<The company's latest cell phone has norival/rivals. [=the company's newest cell phone is much better than all others available]>
Learn about rival as a verb.
Plural: rivals
Meanings:
1 : a person or thing that tries to defeat or be more successful than another
Examples:
<The teams have been longtime rivals.>
<The men are romantic rivals for her affection.>
<her rival [=competitor, opponent] in the election>
<the company’s chief/main rival>
Note: This sense of rival is often used before another noun.
Examples:
<a rival team/gang/candidate/company/
<He told a rival version of the story. [=a version that disagrees with another version]>
2 : something or someone that is as good or almost as good as another person or thing
Examples:
<The company’s paper is the rival of any in the world. [=it is as good as any paper in the world]>
<The company's latest cell phone has norival/rivals. [=the company's newest cell phone is much better than all others available]>
Learn about rival as a verb.
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