- present tense form of vie (3rd person singular).
vies
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of vies
Afrikaans
Example Sentences
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Five years after it acquired MGM for £8m, Amazon now looks to have its first big commercial hit on hands - as it vies for position with the other major streamers.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
Animation vies with anomie; the human stick figures, casting no shadows, are dwarfed by bleak urban realities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Investors appear to be catching on to the pattern of escalation, followed immediately by de-escalation, as each side vies for maximum leverage.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2025
SpaceX's massive Starship rocket soared into its 11th test flight Monday, as the US company vies to ready its aerospace technology to deliver NASA's lunar projects and fulfill Elon Musk's Mars ambitions.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
From bush to bush the cuckoo flies, The orchis red gleams everywhere; Gold furze with broom in blossom vies, The blue-bells perfume all the air.
From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Matthew Arnold
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