VIE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: vying

Present simple: I / you / we / they vie ... he / she / it vies

Past simple: vied

Past participle: vied

-ing form: vying

Meaning:

Compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

Synonyms:

compete; contend; vie

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vie"):

go for; try for (make an attempt at achieving something)

play (participate in games or sport)

run off (decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff)

race; run (compete in a race)

rival (be the rival of, be in competition with)

emulate (compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with)

equal; match; rival; touch (be equal to in quality or ability)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP