Meaning

3 senses
  1. A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.

    Chris is my biggest rival in the 400-metre race.

    Gegner, Rivale, Konkurrent

    сопе́рникsopérnik, сопе́рницаsopérnica, проти́вникprotívnik

    супе́рникsupérnyk, супе́рницяsupérnycja, проти́вникprotývnyk

  2. Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.

    As a social historian, he has no rival.

    ра́вныйrávnyj

  3. (obsolete)One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.

More definitions
  • the contestant you hope to defeat

Examples

142 sentences
  1. Tom is my rival.

    Том — мій конкурент. — deniko

    ruТом — мой конкурент. — odexed

    deTom ist mein Rivale. — pullnosemans

  2. Tom and Mary are rivals.

    Том та Мері — суперники. — deniko

    ruТом и Мэри соперники. — sharptoothed

  3. You have to respect your rivals.

    ruВы должны уважать своих соперников. — odexed

  4. Tom and Mary were always rivals.

  5. Tom is from a rival gang.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
competitor with the same objective:
Русский
By meaning 2
competitor with the same objective:
someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
competitor with the same objective:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin rīvālis (literally “person using the same stream as another”)

Learned borrowing from Latin rīvālis (literally “person using the same stream as another”). By surface analysis, Latin rīvus + -al.

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