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vie
/vaɪ/
verb 5noun 3name 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
best, captive, most
VERB + VIE
control, couples, said
VIE + NOUN
boh, conversation, youth
PREP.
with
Definitions
verb
1
To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.
Near-synonym: oppose
Her suitors were all vying for her attention.
2
To rival (something), etc.
But, if there be, or ever were, one such, / It's past the size of dreaming: nature wants stuff / To vie strange forms with fancy; yet, to imagine / An Antony, were nature's piece 'gainst fancy, / Condemning shadows quite.
3
To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.
She hung about my neck; and kiss on kiss / She vied so fast.
Nor was he set over us to vie wisdom with his Parliament, but to be guided by them.
4
To stake; to wager.
Out, thou camelion harlot! now thine eyes Vie tears with the hyæna
Nature wants stuff To vie strange forms with fancy
5
To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.
noun
1
A contest.
noun
1
Abbreviation of variable interest entity.
2
Abbreviation of vacuum insulated evaporator.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Near-synonym: oppose
Wiktionary02
Her suitors were all vying for her attention.
Wiktionary03
It is the tradition of a trading nation[…], that the younger sons[…] may be placed in such a way of life as […] to vie with the best of their family.
Wiktionary04
I prefer your eau de vie to your conversation.
Tatoeba · #192906105
He said: "C'est la vie"!
Tatoeba · #226519406
I sat stolidly puffing at my pipe and skipping over the pages of Henri Murger's Vie de Bohème.
Tatoeba · #6309920Usage Notes
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