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noun ADJ. arch, bitter, close, deadly, fierce, great, serious | biggest, chief, main, nearest, principal | long-standing, old They're old political rivals. | jealous | foreign, international The company is well equipped to compete with its international rivals. | business, political VERB + RIVAL have She has no rivals for the job. | beat, defeat RIVAL + NOUN candidate | faction, gang, group | company, firm | bid, offer | claim PREP. ~ for They were rivals for her love. | ~ in They were rivals in love. | ~ to Grand it may be, but this cathedral is no rival to the great cathedral of Amiens.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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rival
adjectives
somebody's main/chief rival
• Who is the champion's main rival?
somebody's nearest/closest rival
(= the one that is closest to beating them )
• She finished 7.1 seconds ahead of her nearest rival.
a great rival
(= an important rival for a long time )
• Oxford and Cambridge University have always been great rivals
somebody's arch-rival
(= their main or strongest rival )
• McDonald's and its arch-rival Burger King
a serious rival
• He knows that he has no serious rival for the job.
an old rival
• Hindhead had a convincing victory over their old rivals, Frensham.
a potential rival
(= one who is likely to be a rival in the future )
• Their business is a potential rival for ours.
a bitter rival
(= one that hates you )
• They have long been bitter rivals.
a political rival
• At the time, France and Britain were major political rivals.
a presidential rival
• His presidential rivals have vigorously attacked him.
rival + NOUN
rival factions/groups
• My task is to unite the rival factions within the party.
a rival team
• The rival team's fans were in the other part of the ground.
a rival gang
• The street is a war zone between two rival gangs.
rival fans/supporters
• There were fights between rival fans after the match.
a rival company/firm
• It may have to merge with a rival company to stay in business.
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