vying

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈvaɪɪŋ/

📖 Definitions

  1. verb
    Present participle of 'vie'; to compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something.; To contend in rivalry or contest; to strive for superiority or victory over another.; To match or rival in some quality or achievement; to equal.
  2. adjective
    Competing or contending; characterized by rivalry.
  3. verb
    In card games (especially poker), to raise a bet or stake in order to challenge other players.

🔗 Details

Word forms

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

Collocations

vie forvie withvie againstvie for attentionvie for power

Synonyms

competecontendrivalconteststruggle

Antonyms

cooperatecollaborate

Commonly confused

vye
EN: 'vye' is an archaic/obsolete spelling of 'vie'; the modern standard spelling is 'vie'.

Spelling tips

EN: The present participle is 'vying' (not 'vieing'), following the same pattern as 'dying' from 'die' and 'lying' from 'lie'.

💬 Examples

  1. Several candidates are vying for the leadership position.

  2. The two companies have been vying for market dominance for over a decade.

  3. The beauty of the landscape vied with the finest paintings.

  4. The vying factions within the party made it difficult to reach a consensus.

  5. He kept vying, raising the stakes each round until the others folded.