Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rival or opponent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rival; a competitor.
- noun A companion.
- Having contending claims; emulous.
- To rival; pretend to equal.
- To pretend to be equal; compete.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A fellow rival; a competitor; a rival; also, a companion.
- adjective rare Having rivaling claims; emulous; in rivalry.
- verb rare To compete with; to rival.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A fellow
rival ; acompetitor ; a rival. - noun A
companion . - adjective Having rivaling claims;
emulous ; in rivalry. - verb To
compete with; to rival
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In this permutation, the amount of meat is about that of a cull a one claw lobster as opposed to a full pound-and-a-quarter's worth of meat, but it sells for two thirds the price of its closest corrival at Pearl so the portion seems to make fair fiscal sense.
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In this permutation, the amount of meat is about that of a cull a one claw lobster as opposed to a full pound-and-a-quarter's worth of meat, but it sells for two thirds the price of its closest corrival at Pearl so the portion seems to make fair fiscal sense.
Augieland: 2006
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NEWCASTLE on Tyne is, without corrival, the richest town in England, which before the Conquest was usually known by the name of Monk -
Good Thoughts in Bad Times and Other Papers. 1608-1661 1863
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Maximilian of Bavaria, was rather a Catholic corrival than cordial ally of the Imperial house.
Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War, 1609-10 John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Maximilian of Bavaria, was rather a Catholic corrival than cordial ally of the Imperial house.
Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War — Complete (1609-15) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Maximilian of Bavaria, was rather a Catholic corrival than cordial ally of the Imperial house.
Life and Death of John of Barneveld — Complete (1609-1623) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Maximilian of Bavaria, was rather a Catholic corrival than cordial ally of the Imperial house.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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England, yet the "bright honour" of having taught his countrymen to imitate the Indians, in this particular, he "wears without corrival."
The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Various 1821
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REVIEW, and to its only corrival (THE QUARTERLY), with any peculiar force, this results from the superiority of talent, acquirement, and information which both have so undeniably displayed; and which doubtless deepens the regret though not the blame.
Biographia Literaria Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803
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Ans. It followeth not that because the Spirit will have no corrival, that therefore other things may not be in their places.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 John Bunyan 1658
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