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rivaling

rivaling is the present participle and gerund of rival.

Meaning of rival

Verb

rival (third-person singular simple present rivals, present participle (US) rivaling or (UK) rivalling, simple past and past participle (US) rivaled or (UK) rivalled)

  1. (transitive) To oppose or compete with.
    • to rival somebody in love
  2. To be equal to, or match, or to surpass another.
    • But the Waverley is still the best-placed station of any British city, and gives the arriving stranger a first impression rivalled in Europe only by the exclusively watery station approach at Venice.1941 January, C. Hamilton Ellis, “The Scottish Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 1
  3. To strive to equal or excel; to emulate.
    • to rival thunder in its rapid course1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

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Forms of rivaling

alternative UKrivalling

Questions about rivaling

What is rivaling the present participle and gerund of?
Rivaling is the present participle and gerund of rival.

Words near rivaling in the dictionary

  1. rivaite
  2. rival
  3. rivaled
  4. rivaless
  5. rivalesses
  6. rivaling
  7. rivalise
  8. rivalised
  9. rivalises
  10. rivalising
  11. rivalism

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