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1vie with — index compete, contend (dispute), contest, fight (battle), grapple Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …
2Vie — (IPA: / vi.e/), which means vine in Romanian, is a district, or quarter, of Oradea, a city in Bihor, Romania.GeographyVie is situated in the hills overlooking Oradea, in the northern part of the town. It spans quite a large area, from a part just …
3vie — [vaı] v past tense and past participle vied present participle vying third person singular vies [Date: 1500 1600; : Old French; Origin: envier [i] to invite, challenge , from Latin invitare; INVITE1] to compete very hard with someone in order to… …
4Vie — Vie, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vying}.] [OE. vien, shortened fr. envien, OF. envier to invite, to challenge, a word used in gambling, L. invitare to invite; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Invite}, {Envie}.] 1. To stake a sum upon a… …
5vie — [ vaı ] (present participle vy|ing; past tense and past participle vied) verb intransitive to compete with other people for something that is difficult to get: Five players are still vying for the last position on the team. Law firms vie with… …
6with — [with, with] prep. [ME < OE, orig., against, in opposition to, contr. < or akin to wither, against < IE * witero (< base * wi , asunder, separate + compar. suffix) > Ger wider, against] 1. in opposition to or competition facing;… …
7vie — Synonyms and related words: admit of comparison, antagonize, battle, be commensurable, be comparable, beat against, beat up against, breast the wave, buck, buffet, buffet the waves, challenge, challenge comparison, close with, combat, come up to …
8vie — UK [vaɪ] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms vie : present tense I/you/we/they vie he/she/it vies present participle vying past tense vied past participle vied to compete with other people for something that is difficult to get Five players are… …
9vie — [[t]va͟ɪ[/t]] vies, vying, vied V RECIP If one person or thing is vying with another for something, the people or things are competing for it. [FORMAL] [V with n to inf] California is vying with other states to capture a piece of the growing… …
10vie — verb vied, vying (I) to compete very hard with someone in order to get something (+ for): Simon and Julian were vying for her attention all through dinner. | vie with sb to do sth: The major record companies are vying with each other to sign the… …
