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rival
What does rival mean?
rival (verb): to be equal to, or match, or to surpass another.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use rival in a sentence?
- Nothing can rival cotton for durability. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce rival?
/ˈɹaɪvəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does rival come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin rīvālis (literally “person using the same stream as another”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of rival?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “rival” mean?
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
Not quite: that's what prevent means.
to disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect
Not quite: that's what separate means.
to be equal to, or match, or to surpass another
Right! That's what “rival” means.
to determine the number of (objects in a group)
Not quite: that's what count means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “rival”?
equal
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thank
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start
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close
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