vie Definition
vie (vī)
intransitive verb vied, vy′·ing
to struggle for superiority (with someone) or enter into competition (for something); compete
Etymology: ME vien, aphetic for envien < OFr envier, to invite, vie in games < L invitare, to invite
transitive verb
- Obsolete to bet; wager; hazard
- Archaic to do, offer, display, or match in rivalry
vie Related Forms
vi′er noun
vie Synonyms
vie Usage Examples
Object
- quotidienne: Then a return to normality once more, la vie quotidienne.
- privee: Une histoire de la communication moderne - Espace public et vie privée.
Preposition: for
- supremacy: They are also contests between political parties vying for supremacy in the House of Commons.
- dominance: Former warlords, themselves representatives of various Lebanon sects were all vying for dominance.
- attention: There are three video file formats vying for attention, which will further confuse things.
- honor: Ruud has also won the Champions League golden boot twice while vying for the same honor in the Premiership each season.
- slice: In the next few months, there will be three major formats vying for a slice of the joypad pie.
- crown: Meanwhile drD has noted the stealthy emergence of new amazon vying for the crown of her absent role model.
Infinitive complement
- win: Contestants vie to win the most money by choosing from identical red boxes which contain prizes between 1p and £ 250,000.
- get: Two sports were voted out of the Games, with five other sports vying to get in.
- take: Many firms are now openly vying to take the ethical high ground to secure our custom.
- make: Out of the four Indians vying to make it to the main draw two succeeded.
- outdo: In order to succeed, open-source projects have adopted management practices similar to those of the companies they vie to outdo.
Modifies a noun
en: Her solo show ' La Vie En Rose ' was presented at the Kings Head.
Modifying Another Word
- all: With the May election looming, all parties are all vying for our votes.
- currently: Around 1,000 British athletes across 14 sports are currently vying for places in the team.
- now: It is now vying for acceptance in the European Union.
- also: The most unlikely location to house a snooker room, also vies for the most tempting location - The British Virgin Islands.
- not: We do not vie to be a primary source of supply, nor do we implement aggressive marketing techniques.
- still: Spanky is a sort of inverse Divine rail-thin but still vying to be the most disgusting person on earth.
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