rivalrynoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈraɪ.vəl.ri/us/ˈraɪ.vəl.ri/C2 a situation in which people, businesses, etc. compete with each other for the same thing:
There's such rivalry among/between my three sons.
There's fierce rivalry for the job/to get the job.
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Competing and contending (non-sporting)
- cat
- challenge
- close-run
- competitive
- contend
- contender
- contest
- contestant
- entry
- go in for sth
- jockey
- one-upmanship
- pit sb/sth against sb/sth
- pit your wits against sb/sth idiom
- play cat and mouse idiom
- play sb/sth off against sb/sth
- race
- scramble
- square
- try out for sth
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