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vie^¹

/vaɪ/

Rhymes with -aɪ

Where it comes from

Apheretic form of envy, from Middle English envien, from Old French envier, from Latin invītō.

verb vies · vying · vieing · vied

intransitive To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something. Near-synonym: oppose
Similar: compete, battle, contest, oppose · Opposite: concede, give in, give up, reconcile
archaic, transitive To rival (something), etc. But, if there be, or ever were, one such, / It's past the size of dreaming: nature wants stuff / To vie strange forms with fancy; yet, to imagine / An Antony, were nature's piece 'gainst fancy, / Condemning shadows quite.
transitive To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy. She hung about my neck; and kiss on kiss / She vied so fast.
To stake; to wager. Out, thou camelion harlot! now thine eyes Vie tears with the hyæna
To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.

noun vies

obsolete A contest.

VIE^²

noun VIEs

abbreviation Abbreviation of variable interest entity
abbreviation Abbreviation of vacuum insulated evaporator

Vie^³

proper noun

A district of Oradea, Bihor County, Romania.
A river in Vendée department, Pays de la Loire, France.
A river in Normandy, France, flowing through Orne department and Calvados department.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: compete, contend, contest, quit, live, alive, living, cockalorum, lifespan, lifetime, lifestyle, life, eau, eaux, lifetimes, lives

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verb to rival; to struggle for superiority; to compete

Español	rivalizar, competir, disputarse, luchar, contender
Português	competir
Français	concourir, rivaliser, être en compétition pour
Deutsch	wetteifern, konkurrieren
Italiano	competere, gareggiare, lottare, rivaleggiare, essere in lizza
Русский	сопе́рничать sopérničatʹ
العربية	تَبَارَى tabārā, تَنَافَسَ tanāfasa

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@misc{vie_2026,
  title = {vie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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