rival
noun
a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
has rivalled
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present perfectof rival (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It has rivalled US tech dominance with the chatbot DeepSeek and BYD, which beat Tesla last year to become the world's largest EV maker.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2025
Still, to this day, no-one has rivalled him vocally.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2015
The director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, Prof Peter Neumann, said Islamic State "has rivalled - if not replaced - al-Qaeda as the leader of global jihadism".
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2014
Two reasons for everyone’s astonishment: Scarlett was neither from South Korea, where StarCraft has rivalled baseball in popularity, nor a young man, like all the other top players.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 17, 2014
Locke is the pupil of Hobbes, and it may often be doubtful whether the scholar has rivalled the nervous simplicity and the energetic originality of his master.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli
