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Working on a film, you don't get time to develop rivalries, but the theatre is like a little village, and the differences between me, Lionel and Georgia grew.
Ron Moody

Meaning of "rivalries" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RIVALRIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RIVALRIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rivalries is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RIVALRIES

riva
rivage
rival
rivaless
rivality
rivalize
rivalled
rivalless
rivalling
rivalrous
rivalry
rivalship
rive
rivel
riven
river
river bank
river basin
river bed
river blindness

WORDS THAT END LIKE RIVALRIES

A series
accessories
batteries
categories
cavalries
chapelries
chivalries
countries
devilries
entries
galleries
histories
hostelries
industries
inquiries
memories
queries
revelries
series
stories

Synonyms and antonyms of rivalries in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RIVALRIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rivalries» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of rivalries

Translation of «rivalries» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RIVALRIES

Find out the translation of rivalries to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rivalries from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rivalries» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

竞争
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rivalidades
570 millions of speakers

English

rivalries
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रतिद्वंद्विता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المنافسات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

соперничество
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rivalidades
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রেষারেষি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rivalités
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Persaingan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rivalitäten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ライバル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경쟁
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rivalries
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự ganh đua
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போட்டிகளும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिस्पर्धी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

rekabet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rivalità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rywalizacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

суперництво
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rivalități
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντιπαλότητες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

twis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rivaliteter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rivalisering
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rivalries

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RIVALRIES»

The term «rivalries» is quite widely used and occupies the 45.646 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RIVALRIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «rivalries» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «rivalries» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rivalries

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10 QUOTES WITH «RIVALRIES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rivalries.
1
John Adams
The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.
2
Fred Armisen
The day of parts of the country hating each other, or rivalries like that... I feel like that's dead.
3
Harlan Coben
I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most part the writers I compete with, if you want to use that word, it's a pretty friendly rivalry. I think we all realise that the boat rises and sinks together.
4
Jacques Yves Cousteau
However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day.
5
Robert Delaunay
This communication alone, by the comparison of the antagonisms, rivalries, movements which give birth to decisive moments, permits the evolution of the soul, whereby a man realizes himself on earth. It is impossible to be concerned with anything else in art.
6
Michael Johnson
Rivalries don't necessarily mean races being close at major championships. I had a rivalry with Butch Reynolds for many years. I won all the races, but Butch was the world record holder before I came into the sport, he was extremely talented and he was the only other man running 43 seconds.
7
Robert Kagan
I believe it is still true that conflicts among major powers usually stem from geopolitical rivalries but rarely from economic competition.
8
Rory McIlroy
I've always said the players don't build up rivalries themselves, people from the outside build up the rivalries. I just want to play good golf. I want to try and keep winning golf tournaments.
9
Richelle Mead
People really want to set up these rivalries because there's a lot of vampire books out there. People want to believe we're all fierce rivals, and really there's just so much camaraderie with authors. Everyone kind of boosts each other.
10
Ron Moody
Working on a film, you don't get time to develop rivalries, but the theatre is like a little village, and the differences between me, Lionel and Georgia grew.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RIVALRIES»

Discover the use of rivalries in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rivalries and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Asian Rivalries: Conflict, Escalation, and Limitations on ...
Given that interstate rivalries are responsible for a disproportionate share of discord in world politics, this book sets out to explain just how these two-level rivalries really work.
Sumit Ganguly, William Thompson, 2011
2
How Rivalries End
Examining political hot spots stretching from Egypt and Israel to North and South Korea, How Rivalries End builds an original theory from patterns in successful conflict resolutions and reveals the key factors in reducing tensions and ...
Karen Rasler, William R. Thompson, Sumit Ganguly, 2013
3
Great Power Rivalries
Great Power Rivalries, edited by William R. Thompson, concentrates on major interstate rivalries of the past 500 years, ranging from the rivalry between Britain and France to the cold-war rivalry of the United States and the Soviet Union.
William R. Thompson, 1999
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Strategic Rivalries in World Politics: Position, Space and ...
Examining the 173 strategic rivalries in operation throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this book identifies the differences rivalries make in the probability of conflict escalation and analyzes how they interact with serial ...
Michael P. Colaresi, Karen Rasler, William R. Thompson, 2008
5
Football Feuds: The Greatest College Football Rivalries
College football has some of the most rabid fans, and lunatic emotions, in sports. In Football Feuds, longtime sportswriters Ken Rappoport and Barry Wilner detail the greatest rivalries of all time and rank them in a Top 25.
Ken Rappoport, Barry Wilner, 2007
6
Cathedrals of Science : The Personalities and Rivalries That ...
Langmuir's personality smoothed his path to the Nobel Prize over Lewis. Coffey deals with moral and societal issues as well. These same scientists were the first to be seen by their countries as military assets.
Office for the History of Science and Technology University of California Patrick Coffey Visiting Scholar, Berkeley, 2008
7
Big Games: College Football's Greatest Rivalries
Big Games celebrates the biggest of the big games in college football and looks inside ten of the greatest rivalries the sport has to offer.Michael Bradley puts you in the stands to witness the history and the heroes
Michael Bradley, 2006
8
Rivals!: The Ten Greatest American Sports Rivalries of the ...
Examines ten of the greatest American sports rivalries of the past century, relating them to their broader historical context Includes the rivalries between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, Duke and North Carolina, Joe Frazier ...
Richard O. Davies, 2010
9
Classic Rivalries
Learn about sports rivalries including the Red Sox and Yankees, Duke and North Carolina, and Ohio State and Michigan.
Mark Stewart, 2009
10
Religious Rivalries and the Struggle for Success in Sardis ...
This volume, one in a series of books examining religious rivalries, focuses in detail on the religious dimension of life in two particular Roman cities: Sardis and Smyrna.
Richard S. Ascough, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RIVALRIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rivalries is used in the context of the following news items.
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Intense Rivalries Drive Major League Soccer's Success
NEW YORK, June 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Whether it's London, Rome or Buenos Aires, soccer rivalries throughout the world are driven by a fervent fan culture ... «PR Newswire, Jun 15»
2
American passion growing along with rivalries, says Edu
But the 29-year-old Philadelphia Union midfielder believes the same rivalries that are so deeply-ingrained in Europe can evolve in North America, even if it will ... «Reuters, Jun 15»
3
The Best Rivalries in the NFL Today
When it comes to the NFL and rivalries, there have been some great ones throughout the years. But which ones do we rank as the best today? To make our case ... «Bleacher Report, Jun 15»
4
Individual rivalries can revive athletics: James
SHANGHAI Head-to-head rivalries featuring the world's leading athletes are the best way forward for the beleaguered sport of track and field, according to ... «Reuters, May 15»
5
At the Net: WTA bores sans rivalries
It seems like forever ago when we had that incredible Serena Williams-Justine Henin rivalry, you know the one where two players were evenly matched and ... «WTAJ, Apr 15»
6
Top 10 NHL team rivalries as of right now
This got us thinking: What are the NHL's greatest current team rivalries? Which two teams, should they meet, are mandatory viewing? So we bounced around ... «Yahoo Sports, Feb 15»
7
Long live college hoops rivalries
Saturday will showcase the fiercest, most intense rivalry in college basketball when Louisville hosts Kentucky (sorry, Duke and North Carolina; you've become ... «ESPN, Dec 14»
8
Thanksgiving football preview: 20 facts about 20 big rivalries
It is the final Thanksgiving meeting between the Merrimack Valley rivals, as Andover will resume its rivalry with North Andover next season. Central Catholic will ... «Boston Globe, Nov 14»
9
The Greatest SEC Rivalries
The top in-conference rivalry in the SEC? The Egg Bowl (Mississippi vs. Mississippi State) at #12. The Iron Bowl (Alabama vs. Auburn) comes in slightly lower at ... «FOXSports.com, Nov 14»
10
This Century's 10 Most One-Sided Major College Football Rivalries
We're talking about college football rivalry week. Between Thursday and Saturday, dozens of big-time college football rivalry matchups will be played. Some, like ... «College Spun, Nov 14»

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