vie
to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority: Swimmers from many nations were vying for the title.
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
Obsolete. to stake in card playing.
Origin of vie
1Other words for vie
Other words from vie
- vier, noun
- outvie, verb (used with object), out·vied, out·vy·ing.
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How to use vie in a sentence
More than 3,000 people vied for 200 seats in the new assembly—men, women, liberals, Islamists, all wanting to help the new state.
She struggled with worldly woes, she vied with ever-greater risks in her work, but she trusted life: She lived in the attempt.
However, the oil spill, the Times Square bombing, the McChrystal firing, and the Blagojevich trial have all vied for his focus.
Ross vied for a monumental Joan Miro towering over five feet high but dropped out of the bidding.
The rival photographers vied for pages, position, and subject matter.
The noble and powerful vied with each other in paying honour to the stranger.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThe richest of the land vied with one another in making the affair a vast financial success.
Mrs. Raffles | John Kendrick BangsThe ladies of the palace vied for his homage—the nobles of the land hastened to cultivate his society.
Court and Church vied with each other in splendor of apparel.
The Proud Prince | Justin Huntly McCarthyA grim, deadly hate of Beasley vied with the tenderness and pity he felt for this distressed girl.
The Man of the Forest | Zane Grey
British Dictionary definitions for vie
/ (vaɪ) /
(intr; foll by with or for) to contend for superiority or victory (with) or strive in competition (for)
(tr) archaic to offer, exchange, or display in rivalry
Origin of vie
1Derived forms of vie
- vier, noun
- vying, adjective, noun
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