Vie

Word VIE
Character 3
Hyphenation vie
Pronunciations /vaɪ/

Definitions and meanings of "Vie"

What do we mean by vie?

To strive for victory or superiority; contend. synonym: rival. intransitive verb

To offer in competition; match. intransitive verb

To wager or bet. intransitive verb

A contest for superiority, especially a close or keen contest; a contention in the way of rivalry; hence, sometimes, a state where it would be difficult to decide as to which party had the advantage; also, a challenge; a wager. noun

In the old games of gleek, primero, etc., to wager on the value of one's hand against an opponent.

To strive for superiority; endeavor to be equal or superior (to); contend; rival: followed by with, and said of persons or things.

To offer as a stake, as in cardplaying; play as for a wager with.

To put or bring into competition; bandy; try to outdo in; contend with respect to.

Life. noun

To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie. intransitive verb

To strive for superiority; to contend; to use emulous effort, as in a race, contest, or competition. intransitive verb

To stake; to wager. transitive verb

To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy. transitive verb

A contest for superiority; competition; rivalry; strife; also, a challenge; a wager. noun

To rival; to struggle for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something. verb

To rival (something), etc. verb

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

A contest.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Vie

The word "vie" in example sentences

Ohio State and Penn State could again vie for the conference championship, and a Nov. 7 date in Happy Valley could determine the outcome. ❋ Unknown (2009)

More often places and their names are representative of abstract ideas: America, Vietnam, the Riviera which, as Godard points out, contains the word vie for "life", Las Vegas. ❋ Ed Howard (2008)

II. i.310 (393,9) [kill on kiss She vy's so fast] I know not that the word vie has any construction that will suit this place; we may easily read, ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)

The most recent term was pur autre vie, which is defined as: ❋ Unknown (2009)

The story in all its intricacies may best be described as the vie amoureuse of Count D'Elmont, a hero with none of the wit, but with all the gallantry of the rakes of late Restoration comedy. ❋ Whicher, George Frisbie (1915)

Carole James now must survive where "alpha males" vie "for control of a baboon group." ❋ Unknown (2009)

trouver des clients ou les laisser nous trouver, expliquer au monde ce que l'on fait, trouver un équilibre entre travail et "vie" pas évident quand on a fait de sa passion son métier, ou encore gérer l'administratif qui accompagne la vie réseautée que nous vivons aujourd'hui. ❋ Unknown (2008)

HDTV. XviD-FQM Summary: Leonard and Sheldon vie to catch the eye of a visiting female physicist. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Leonard and Sheldon vie to catch the eye of a visiting female physicist. ❋ Unknown (2010)

December 9th, 2009 9: 20 am ET and not a person of color being allowed to vie. ❋ Unknown (2009)

At dinner parties during the rest of the year, they vie to one-up each other with stories of malaria, harrowing airplane flights and close calls with venomous snakes in what most of their compatriots would regard as Third World hell-holes. ❋ Francis X. Rocca In Rome (2011)

While Dan Donovan of Staten Island, Robert Johnson of the Bronx and Richard Brown of Queens all confirmed this week that they would vie for another four years in office, none of the three has done significant fund raising to this point, according to new filings with the state Board of Elections. ❋ Chris Herring (2011)

The other question is whether the big banks that already have big businesses originating mortgages will also be allowed to vie for one of the securitization charters. ❋ Steven Pearlstein (2011)

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