vie

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈvaɪ/ 🇺🇸 /ˈvaɪ/

📖 Definitions

  1. verb
    To compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something; to strive for superiority or victory in a contest or rivalry.; To contend in rivalry; to rival or match someone in a particular quality or achievement.; To stake or wager, as in a card game; to raise a bet.; (Archaic) To challenge or dare someone to a contest or competition.
  2. noun
    (Archaic) A contest or rivalry; a competition for superiority.

🔗 Details

Word forms

3rd sing.: vies Past: vied Past part.: vied Pres part.: vying

Collocations

vie forvie withvie againstvie for attentionvie for supremacy

Synonyms

competecontendrivalcontestjockey

Antonyms

cooperatecollaborate

Commonly confused

vye
EN: 'Vye' is an archaic/obsolete spelling of 'vie'; only 'vie' is standard in modern English.

Spelling tips

EN: The present participle is 'vying' (not 'vieing'), and the past tense is 'vied' (dropping the 'e' before adding '-ed').

💬 Examples

  1. Several companies are vying for the government contract.

  2. The beauty of the landscape vied with the splendor of the architecture.

  3. He vied three coins on the next hand of cards.

  4. The knight vied his opponent to single combat on the field.

  5. The two kingdoms were locked in a bitter vie for dominance over the region.