Rival in english
Rival
pronunciation: raɪvəl part of speech: noun
pronunciation: raɪvəl part of speech: noun
In gestures
rival1 = challenger ; rival ; belligerent.
Example: They simply must find new ways of storing and retrieving that information more rapidly and more concisely in ways that can compete with the commercial challengers = They simply must find new ways of storing and retrieving that information more rapidly and more concisely in ways that can compete with the commercial challengers.Example: The published abstracting and indexing journal probably still retains its prominence, despite competition from its more fashionable rivals.Example: During the last years of the Great War, sound detectors played an increasingly important part in the air defences of all the belligerents.more:
» enfrentamiento entre rivales = grudge fight ; grudge match ; local derby .
Example: Some fights are grudge fights and these guys hate each other and is a great way of settling things. Example: Web sites such as the popular Psychobike.com are the cyberspace petri dishes that incubate grudge matches. Example: By the end of last season he was established as a firm favourite with the crowds for scoring the equaliser in the local derby with Arsenal.» no tener rival = be second to none .
Example: The rate of growth in Australian data base activity is second to none in the world.» partido entre equipos rivales = local derby .
Example: By the end of last season he was established as a firm favourite with the crowds for scoring the equaliser in the local derby with Arsenal.» rival acérrimo = arch-rival [archrival] ; bitter rival .
Example: The geneticist and arch-rival of the biometricians, Williams Bateson, was very critical of this work and interpreted this as Weldon's rejection of Mendelism. Example: The two men have been bitter rivals for years and disagree on many domestic issues.» rival a muerte = bitter rival .
Example: The two men have been bitter rivals for years and disagree on many domestic issues.rival2 = rivalrous ; rival ; competing.
Example: Deregulation compelled the energy utility business to restructure its inwardly directed culture and its overgrown and rivalrous internal services function.Example: For any concept of human rights to be universally accepted, equal respect and mutual comprehension between rival cultures is demanded.Example: This article identifies predominant worldview and competing schools of thought regarding the teaching of reference work.