Meaning

5 senses

  1. (intransitive)To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.

    Near-synonym: oppose

    Her suitors were all vying for her attention.

    wetteifern, konkurrieren

    сопе́рничатьsopérničatʹ

    супе́рничатиsupérnyčaty, змага́тисяzmahátysja

  2. (transitive)To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.

  3. To stake; to wager.

  4. To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.

  5. (archaic, transitive)To rival (something), etc.

More definitions
  • compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

Examples

15 sentences

  1. C'est la vie.

    Селяві. — deniko

    ruТакова жизнь. — marafon

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  2. C'est la vie!

    Селяві! — deniko

    deSo ist das Leben! — MUIRIEL

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  3. Algeria is vying for foreign investment.

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  4. We were always vying for first place.

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  5. Several competing firms are vying for attention.

    deMehrere konkurrierende Firmen ringen um Aufmerksamkeit. — al_ex_an_der

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to rival; to struggle for superiority; to compete:
Русский
By meaning 1
to rival; to struggle for superiority; to compete:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to rival; to struggle for superiority; to compete:

Origin

Apheretic form of envy, from Middle English envien, from Old French envier, from Latin inv

Apheretic form of envy, from Middle English envien, from Old French envier, from Latin invītō.

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Forms

vies, vying, vied, vied
Base formvie · to vie
3rd person singularvies
Present participlevying
Past simplevied
Past participlevied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyvie
he, she, itvies

Past simpleLesson

all personsvied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave vied
he, she, ithas vied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill vie

Synonyms

5 synonyms
competeB1battleB1contestC1opposeA2
Close in meaning
  • compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others:competecontend

Antonyms

4 antonyms
concedeB2give ingive upreconcileC2

Word family

2 related words
Derivedenvieoutvie

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
videoA1videographervideotapeviewA2viewerB2viewpointB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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