Rival
noun
- 1.
- ~ (to somebody / something) (for in such) (a satisfactory substitute, competitor; person trying to achieve the same particular goal as another; competing acting as a rival or rivals) គូប្រជែង
Example: Rivals for a prize, Khmer kick boxers are without rivals, Rival business houses, the rival stores, Sopheak rivaled her sister in beauty. - 2.
- គូប្រជែង
adjective
- 1.
- ដែលប្រជែង, ដែលប្រកួតគ្នា, នៃគូប្រជែង, ប្រកួត, នៃអ្នកប្រណាំងប្រជែង, ប្រដេញរឺប្រជែង
Example: A new rival for the title of champion.
verb — past tense: rivaled ; past participle: rivaled ; present participle: rivaling ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To strive to equal or excel, to be comparable to, to seem or be as good as; to try to be as good as or outdo) អាចប្រកួត (នឹង), ប្រៀបបាន (នឹង)
- 2.
- អាចប្រៀបផ្ទឹមបាន
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
- 2.
- One who is in pursuit of the same object as another; one striving to reach or obtain something which another is attempting to obtain, and which one only can posses; a competitor; as, rivals in love; rivals for a crown.
adjective
- 1.
- Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority; as, rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions.
verb — past tense: rivaled ; past participle: rivaled ; present participle: rivaling ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To strive to equal or exel; to emulate.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To be in rivalry.
- 1.
- adversary, antagonist, competitor, contestant, enemy, foe, opponent
- 1.
- ally, comrade, confederate, teammate