Rival

Definition

rival /'raÇvl/ n ~ (to sb/sth) (for/in sth) ၿပိဳင္ဘက္။ business rivals ❍ rivals in love ❍ a new rival for the Democratic nomination ❍ the only possible rival to the president ❍ a rival bid/firm/offer. v ( -ll- ; US also -l- ) ~ sb/sth (for/in sth) ယွဥ္ႏိုင္ သည္။ မနီးယိုးစြဲျဖစ္သည္။ a view rivalling anything the Alps can offer ❍ Golf cannot rival football for/in excitement. ❏ rivalry /'raÇvlri/ n [U, C] ~ (with sb/sth); ~ (between A and B) ၿပိဳင္ဆိုင္မႈ။ ယွဥ္ၿပိဳင္ဘက္။ a country paralysed by political rivalries ❍ He pursued a friendly/bitter rivalry with his brother. ❍ An intense rivalry has grown up between the two teams.

Examples

1. Manchester United beat their rivals 3–1.
2. [rival to] : Our airline is now a serious rival to many of the bigger companies.
3. [rival for] : Bates is her principal rival for the job of director.
4. [main rival] : The company’s main rival announced an increase in profits last year.
5. [nearest/closest rival] : She scored twice as many points as her nearest rival.
6. [arch rival] : The two men are arch rivals on the sports field.
7. The band has few rivals in the pop music world.