Rivalry - English meaning

noun

Active hostility or opposition.

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The antagonism between them

noun

Strong dislike or opposition, or a particular example of it

Usage examples:

[ u ] the attorney accused the witness of antagonism toward his client.

noun

Hate, extreme unfriendliness, or active opposition to someone

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There's a history of antagonism between the two teams., the antagonism towards neighbouring states,…

noun

The activity or condition of striving to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others.

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There is fierce competition between banks

noun

An activity done by a number of people or organizations, each of which is trying to do better than all of the others

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[ u ] competition for the job was fierce., [ u ] traditional booksellers face stiff competition fro…

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The situation in which people or businesses are trying to be more successful than each other, for example by making more sales in a market

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There has always been competition between the auto manufacturers., stiff/fierce/strong/tough compet…

noun

Possession of a strong desire to be more successful than others.

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A lot of people get wrapped up in competitiveness and jealousy

noun

The fact of being able to compete successfully with other companies, countries, organizations, etc.

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It is not true there is a crisis in the country's scientific or technological competitiveness.

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The fact of a person wanting very much to win or be more successful than other people

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She has a heel injury but her competitiveness tends to overcome physical pain.

noun

A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.

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The eternal conflict between the sexes

verb

Be incompatible or at variance; clash.

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Parents' and children's interests sometimes conflict

noun

An active disagreement, as between opposing opinions or needs

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[ c ] conflicts between parents and children become more frequent when the children become teenager…

noun

Heated disagreement.

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The captured territory was the main area of contention between the two countries

noun

Disagreement resulting from opposing arguments

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Their refusal to sign the treaty remains a source of contention between the two countries., [ + tha…

noun

The disagreement that results from opposing arguments

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There's a lot of contention about that issue - for every person firmly in favour, there's someone f…

noun

Disagreement between people.

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A prosperous family who showed no signs of discord

verb

(of people) disagree.

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We discorded commonly on two points

noun

A lack of agreement or feeling of trust between people

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The plan to build the highway created discord in our community.

noun

Disagreement that leads to discord.

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These issues caused bitter dissension in the party

noun

Strong disagreement, esp. within an organization

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There was a good deal of dissension within women’s rights organizations about setting political goa…

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Arguments and disagreement, especially in an organization, group, political party, etc.

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Dissension within there are signs of dissension within the ruling political party.

noun

A state or feeling of active opposition or hostility.

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Decades of enmity between the two countries

noun

Strong dislike or hate

noun

A feeling of hate

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She denied any personal enmity towards him., bitter historical enmities underlie the present violen…

verb

Be engaged in a prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute.

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Hoover feuded with the cia for decades

noun

A prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute.

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His long-standing feud with universal pictures

verb

Present participle of feud

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They've been feuding with their neighbours for years over a boundary issue.

noun

The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.

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A lubrication system which reduces friction

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The force that works against an object as it slides along the surface of another object or moves through a liquid or gas

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A gasoline engine loses over 70 percent of its energy to friction and heat., there’s less friction …

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The force that makes it difficult for one object to slide along the surface of another or to move through a liquid or gas

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When you rub your hands together the friction produces heat.

noun

Resistance or dissent, expressed in action or argument.

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There was considerable opposition to the proposal

noun

Disagreement with something, often by speaking or fighting against it, or (esp. in politics) the people or group who are not in power

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The proposal faces strong opposition., they expect to defeat the opposition.

noun

Angry or bitter disagreement over fundamental issues; conflict.

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Strife within the community

noun

Angry disagreement or violent actions

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Civil/ethnic/political strife, he led the union through several years of labor strife.

noun

Disagreements between groups of people

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Industrial/financial/political strife, boardroom/internal strife

verb

Make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or constriction.

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Before she could struggle, he lifted her up

noun

A forceful or violent effort to get free of restraint or resist attack.

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There were signs of a struggle and there was a lot of blood around

verb

To work hard to do something

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We watched boys on skateboards struggle to keep their balance., he struggled with his cousin, and h…

verb

Present participle of vie.

verb

Compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something.

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The athletes were vying for a place in the british team

Present participle of vie