- (of a person, company, thing, etc.) competing with another person, company, thing, etc.
- a rival bid/claim/offer
- fighting between rival groups/factions
- He was shot by a member of a rival gang.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin rivalis, originally in the sense ‘person using the same stream as another’, from rivus ‘stream’.Want to learn more?
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