Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To strive for victory or superiority; contend. synonym: rival.
- intransitive verb Archaic To offer in competition; match.
- intransitive verb Obsolete To wager or bet.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A contest for superiority, especially a close or keen contest; a contention in the way of rivalry; hence, sometimes, a state where it would be difficult to decide as to which party had the advantage; also, a challenge; a wager.
- In the old games of gleek, primero, etc., to wager on the value of one's hand against an opponent.
- To strive for superiority; endeavor to be equal or superior (to); contend; rival: followed by with, and said of persons or things.
- To offer as a stake, as in cardplaying; play as for a wager with.
- To put or bring into competition; bandy; try to outdo in; contend with respect to.
- noun Life.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To stake; to wager.
- transitive verb obsolete To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.
- intransitive verb obsolete To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See
revie . - intransitive verb To strive for superiority; to contend; to use emulous effort, as in a race, contest, or competition.
- noun obsolete A contest for superiority; competition; rivalry; strife; also, a challenge; a wager.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
rival ; tostruggle forsuperiority ; tocontend ; to compete eagerly so as to gain something. - verb transitive, archaic To rival (something), etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Ohio State and Penn State could again vie for the conference championship, and a Nov. 7 date in Happy Valley could determine the outcome.
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More often places and their names are representative of abstract ideas: America, Vietnam, the Riviera which, as Godard points out, contains the word vie for "life", Las Vegas.
Pierrot le fou Ed Howard 2008
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More often places and their names are representative of abstract ideas: America, Vietnam, the Riviera which, as Godard points out, contains the word vie for "life", Las Vegas.
Archive 2008-05-01 Ed Howard 2008
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II. i.310 (393,9) [kill on kiss She vy's so fast] I know not that the word vie has any construction that will suit this place; we may easily read,
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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The most recent term was pur autre vie, which is defined as:
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The most recent term was pur autre vie, which is defined as:
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The most recent term was pur autre vie, which is defined as:
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The story in all its intricacies may best be described as the vie amoureuse of Count D'Elmont, a hero with none of the wit, but with all the gallantry of the rakes of late Restoration comedy.
The Life and Romances of Mrs Eliza Haywood Whicher, George Frisbie 1915
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Carole James now must survive where "alpha males" vie "for control of a baboon group."
Tyee - Home 2009
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trouver des clients ou les laisser nous trouver, expliquer au monde ce que l'on fait, trouver un équilibre entre travail et "vie" pas évident quand on a fait de sa passion son métier, ou encore gérer l'administratif qui accompagne la vie réseautée que nous vivons aujourd'hui.
kamtsatka commented on the word vie
C'est la vie. Totally.
November 16, 2008