Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rival
Participle: rivaled; rivalled
Gerund: rivaling; rivalling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | rival |
| you | rival |
| he;she;it | rivals |
| we | rival |
| you | rival |
| they | rival |
Perfect
| I | have rivaled; rivalled |
| you | have rivaled; rivalled |
| he;she;it | has rivaled; rivalled |
| we | have rivaled; rivalled |
| you | have rivaled; rivalled |
| they | have rivaled; rivalled |
Past
| I | rivaled; rivalled |
| you | rivaled; rivalled |
| he;she;it | rivaled; rivalled |
| we | rivaled; rivalled |
| you | rivaled; rivalled |
| they | rivaled; rivalled |
Pluperfect
| I | had rivaled; rivalled |
| you | had rivaled; rivalled |
| he;she;it | had rivaled; rivalled |
| we | had rivaled; rivalled |
| you | had rivaled; rivalled |
| they | had rivaled; rivalled |
Future
| I | will rival |
| you | will rival |
| he;she;it | will rival |
| we | will rival |
| you | will rival |
| they | will rival |
Future Perfect
| I | will have rivaled; rivalled |
| you | will have rivaled; rivalled |
| he;she;it | will have rivaled; rivalled |
| we | will have rivaled; rivalled |
| you | will have rivaled; rivalled |
| they | will have rivaled; rivalled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rival |
| you | rival |
| he;she;it | rival |
| we | rival |
| you | rival |
| they | rival |
Perfect
| I | have rivaled; rivalled |
| you | have rivaled; rivalled |
| he;she;it | have rivaled; rivalled |
| we | have rivaled; rivalled |
| you | have rivaled; rivalled |
| they | have rivaled; rivalled |
Imperfect
| I | rivaled; rivalled |
| you | rivaled; rivalled |
| he;she;it | rivaled; rivalled |
| we | rivaled; rivalled |
| you | rivaled; rivalled |
| they | rivaled; rivalled |
Pluperfect
| I | had rivaled; rivalled |
| you | had rivaled; rivalled |
| he;she;it | had rivaled; rivalled |
| we | had rivaled; rivalled |
| you | had rivaled; rivalled |
| they | had rivaled; rivalled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would rival |
| you | would rival |
| he;she;it | would rival |
| we | would rival |
| you | would rival |
| they | would rival |
Perfect
| I | would have rivaled; rivalled |
| you | would have rivaled; rivalled |
| he;she;it | would have rivaled; rivalled |
| we | would have rivaled; rivalled |
| you | would have rivaled; rivalled |
| they | would have rivaled; rivalled |
Imperative
| you | rival |
| we | Let's rival |
| you | rival |
Verbs conjugated like 'rival'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'rival'
rivel,
corival,
dial,
divel,
drivel,
frivol,
ravel,
reveal,
revel,
rill,
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin rīvālis (literally “person using the same stream as another”). By surface analysis, Latin rīvus + -al.
Sample Sentences
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to rival somebody in love
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But the Waverley is still the best-placed station of any British city, and gives the arriving stranger a first impression rivalled in Europe only by the exclusively watery station approach at Venice. [1941 January, C. Hamilton Ellis, “The Scottish Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 1:]
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The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, […]. [1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:]
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to rival thunder in its rapid course [1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:]