English

Pronunciation
IPA|/vaɪ/
rhymes|aɪ

Verb
en-verb|v|y|ing

1. intransitive To rival; to struggle for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.

#: Her suitors were all vying for her attention.
#: Political parties are always vying with one another to get the most attention.

1. context|transitive|archaic To rival (something), etc.

#*1608, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra ¹
#*:It's past the size of dreaming: nature wants stuff / To vie strange forms with fancy; yet, to imagine / And Antony, were nature's piece 'gainst fancy, / Condemning shadows quite.

Synonyms
battle
compete
oppose

Antonyms
concede
reconcile

Translations
trans-top|To rival; to struggle for superiority; to contend
Finnish: kilpailla
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|To rival (something), etc
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Finnish

Etymology
inflected form of|viedä

Pronunciation
Hyphenation: vie
IPA|lang=fi|/'vie�/

Verb
vie

1. fi-form of|viedä|typeverb|prthird-person|plsingular|moodindicative|tense=present

Pronunciation
Hyphenation: vie
IPA|lang=fi|/'vie(�)/

Verb
vie

1. fi-form of|viedä|typeverb|moodindicative|tense=present connegative
2. fi-form of|viedä|typeverb|prsecond-person|plsingular|moodimperative|tense=present
3. fi-form of|viedä|typeverb|prsecond-person|plsingular|moodimperative|tense=present connegative

Anagrams
vei#Finnish|vei

French

Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /vi/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /vi/

Etymology
Latin vita

Noun
vie f

1. life

Category:French nouns

Italian

Noun
vie f

1. plural of|via|lang=Italian

Manx

Adjective
vie

1. good|Good.

References
Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages by Mark Abley (2003)

Category:Manx adjectives

Norwegian

Verb
no-verb-1|vi

1. To dedicate something to someone or towards a cause
2. To wed two persons into marriage

Romanian

Etymology 1
L.|ro term|lang=la|vinea

Noun
ro-noun|gendf|plvii

1. vineyard

Declension
ro-noun-f-ie|vi

Etymology 2
Forms of the adjective term|viu|lang=ro

Adjective
vie

1. ro-form-adj|f|n|viu
2. ro-form-adj|f|a|viu

de:vie
et:vie
el:vie
fa:vie
fr:vie
io:vie
id:vie
it:vie
ku:vie
hu:vie
ja:vie
pl:vie
pt:vie
ru:vie
fi:vie
te:vie
vi:vie
tr:vie
zh:vie

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