Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of competing or emulating.
- noun The state or condition of being a rival.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of rivaling; competition; a strife or effort to obtain an object which another is pursuing: as, rivalry in love; an endeavor to equal or surpass another in some excellence; emulation: as, rivalry for superiority at the bar or in the senate.
- noun Synonyms Competition, etc. See
emulation .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
relationship between two or morerivals who regularlycompete with each other. The term usually applies to two rivals.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of competing as for profit or a prize
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Examples
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The fans feel otherwise - and so far the rivalry is as lopsided as they come.
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I now understand fully what this rivalry is about.
USATODAY.com 2004
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This rivalry is almost as one-sided as the Sox-Yanks: Montreal has won 23 Stanley Cups to five for Boston, with the Canadiens having captured seven titles since the Bruins won their last one in 1972.
USATODAY.com - Boston makes in two straight vs. Montreal 2004
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The word "rivalry" is hardly sufficient to describe the bare-knuckled hostility that has characterized relations between the two companies during the cardiac stent wars over the past decade and a half.
unknown title 2011
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The rivalry is not much of a contest these days, with historic insecurity and armies of fear-mongers.
Joe Robinson: Risk vs. Fear: Safe Is Sorry Joe Robinson 2010
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The rivalry is not much of a contest these days, with historic insecurity and armies of fear-mongers.
Joe Robinson: Risk vs. Fear: Safe Is Sorry Joe Robinson 2010
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The OSU-Michigan rivalry is one of the most heated in the country, and Fisher hopes that his identity as a "proud Ohioan" will earn him some of the votes he needs to erase his deficit in the polls.
Michelle Rotuno-Johnson: Game Day: Why Loyal Buckeyes May Hate Rob Portman Michelle Rotuno-Johnson 2010
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The rivalry is not much of a contest these days, with historic insecurity and armies of fear-mongers.
Joe Robinson: Risk vs. Fear: Safe Is Sorry Joe Robinson 2010
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In terms of national attention, the Caps-Pens rivalry is the NHL's top attraction.
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This Steelers vs. Ravens rivalry is one of the most fun to watch in the NFL, and this game was hard-hitting and low-scoring, as many predicted.
Jill Baughman: Ravens Come Back to Beat Steelers 17-14 Jill Baughman 2010
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