rivalry
pronunciation
How to pronounce rivalry in British English:
UK [ˈraɪvlri]
How to pronounce rivalry in American English:
US [ˈraɪvlri]
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- Noun:
- the act of competing as for profit or a prize
Word Origin
- rivalry (n.)
- 1590s; from rival + -ry. Shakespeare has rivality ("Antony and Cleopatra"), but from the secondary sense of the root word and meaning "partnership, equality in rank."
Example
- 1. A more important obstacle to coherence is strategic rivalry .
- 2. The team also has a fierce traditional rivalry with japan .
- 3. It is also a cause of superpower rivalry .
- 4. Nor does the rivalry between lcd and plasma panels end there .
- 5. Dr. safer draws a distinction between sibling rivalry and sibling strife .