Meaning of rival In English

• 0 a person, group, etc. competing with others for the same thing or in the same area:

  • He beat his closest/nearest rival by 20 marks.

  • The companies produce rival versions of the toy.

• 1 to be as good, clever, beautiful, etc. as someone or something else:

  • No computer can rival a human brain for/in complexity.

  • The beauty of the country is only rivalled by (= is as great in degree as) the violence of its politics.

• 2 a person, group, or organization competing with others for the same thing or in the same area:

  • business/political rivals

• 3 to equal or be as good as:

  • No computer can rival a human brain.

• 4 a person, company, product, etc. competing with others for the same thing or in the same area:

  • The strong pound will leave large sections of British manufacturing uncompetitive against rivals in the rest of Europe.

  • rival for sth They are rivals for the top job.

  • rival to sb/sth Linux is an operating system and thus a rival to Windows.

  • your main/closest/biggest rival

• 5 competing with other people, companies, products, etc. for the same thing or in the same area:

  • a rival company/firm

  • a rival bid/offer

  • While they are more expensive than rival products, she said the quality makes the price worth it.

  • Any rival bidder will have to move quickly and pay considerably more.

• 6 to be as good as other similar people, companies, products, etc.:

  • In the Algarve, citrus farming is expanding rapidly and the fruit rivals anything Spain can produce.

  • Electronic marketplaces can offer a reach and efficiency that physical markets cannot rival.

  • rival sb/sth as sth China could eventually rival Japan as the most lucrative luxury market in the world.