0 to compete with other people to achieve or get something: --
Six candidates are currently vying for the Democratic presidential nomination.
The two older children tend to vie with the younger one for their mother's attention.
[ + to infinitive ] The two groups of scientists are vying to get funding for their research projects.
1 to compete: --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.