rival

Oznaczający (Angielski)

Noun

1. A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.
2. Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.
3. (obsolete) One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.

Adj

Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority.

Verb

1. To oppose or compete with.
2. To be equal to, or match, or to surpass another.
3. To strive to equal or excel; to emulate.

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/ˈɹaɪvəl/

Etymologia (Angielski)

From Latin rīvālis (literally “person using the same stream as another”), from rīvus (“small stream, brook”).

Zdania

Why else would he tell his main rival to prepare for a run ?