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  • Vying — Vie Vie, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vying}.] [OE. vien, shortened fr. envien, OF. envier to invite, to challenge, a word used in gambling, L. invitare to invite; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Invite}, {Envie}.] 1. To stake a sum… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gone with the Woman — (Norwegian: Tatt av Kvinnen ) is a 2007 Norwegian film directed by Petter Naess. It was Norway s submission to the 80th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.cite… …   Wikipedia

  • vie — [[t]va͟ɪ[/t]] vies, vying, vied V RECIP If one person or thing is vying with another for something, the people or things are competing for it. [FORMAL] [V with n to inf] California is vying with other states to capture a piece of the growing… …   English dictionary

  • vie — [vaı] v past tense and past participle vied present participle vying third person singular vies [Date: 1500 1600; : Old French; Origin: envier [i] to invite, challenge , from Latin invitare; INVITE1] to compete very hard with someone in order to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • vie — verb vied, vying (I) to compete very hard with someone in order to get something (+ for): Simon and Julian were vying for her attention all through dinner. | vie with sb to do sth: The major record companies are vying with each other to sign the… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Lana Lang — For the Smallville character, see Lana Lang (Smallville). Lana Lang Publication information Publisher DC Comics First appearance …   Wikipedia

  • rivalry — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. competition, emulation, striving, contest, vying, struggle, battle, contention, opposition, dispute; see also competition 1 , fight 1 . Ant. cooperation*, alliance, conspiracy. See Synonym Study at competition . II (Roget s …   English dictionary for students

  • competition — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See contention. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of competing] Syn. rivalry, contention, contest, striving, strife, struggle, emulation, vying, controversy, coping with, opposition, pairing off, meeting …   English dictionary for students

  • ἀνθάμιλλον — ἀνθάμιλλος vying with masc/fem acc sg ἀνθάμιλλος vying with neut nom/voc/acc sg …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • vie — verb /vaɪ/ a) To rival; to struggle for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something. Her suitors were all vying for her attention. b) To rival (something), etc …   Wiktionary

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