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Tekoälykääntäjä
Määritelmät
Verbi
- (intransitive) To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.
- (transitive, archaic) To rival (something), etc.
- (transitive) To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.
- To stake; to wager.
- To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.
Substantiivi
- (obsolete) A contest.
Esimerkit
- Her suitors were all vying for her attention.
- In a trading nation, the younger sons may be placed in such a way of life as [...] to vie with the best of their family.
- 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.
- She hung about my neck; and kiss on kiss / She vied so fast.
- Nor was he set over us to vie wisdom with his Parliament, but to be guided by them.
- And vying malice with my gentleness, / Pick quarrels with their only happiness.
- As Iraqis Vie for Kirkuk’s Oil, Kurds Are Pawns – New York Times 9.12.2007
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | vied |
| Imperfekti | vied |
| Partisiipin preesens | vying |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | vies |