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rivalled

rivalled is the simple past and past participle 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 rivalled

alternative formrivaled

Questions about rivalled

What is rivalled the simple past and past participle of?
Rivalled is the simple past and past participle of rival.

Words near rivalled in the dictionary

  1. rivalization
  2. rivalize
  3. rivalized
  4. rivalizes
  5. rivalizing
  6. rivalled
  7. rivalless
  8. rivalling
  9. rivalmance
  10. rivalries
  11. rivalrous

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