vie

present singular third person vies · participle present vying · participle present rare vieing · participle past vied · past vied

1. intransitiveTo fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.

   Near-synonym: oppose

   3 more examples

   Her suitors were all vying for her attention.

   It is the tradition of a trading nation[…], that the younger sons[…] may be placed in such a way of life as […] to vie with the best of their family.

   1711 July 14 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “TUESDAY, July 4, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 109; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC

   The Major Stations category is keenly contested, with 24 other large city centre termini and major rail hub stations all vying for recognition. As ever, the NRA's expert panel of judges visited each as unannounced mystery shoppers.

   2023 October 18, Nick Brodrick, “The grand gateway to Glasgow”, in RAIL, number 994, page 33

   Synonyms: compete, battle, contest, oppose · Antonyms: concede, give in, give up, reconcile

2. archaictransitiveTo 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.

   c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)

3. transitiveTo 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.

   c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]

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   Nor was he set over us to vie wisdom with his Parliament, but to be guided by them.

   1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC

   And vying malice with my gentleness, / Pick quarrels with their only happiness.

   1633, George Herbert, The Sacrifice

4. To stake; to wager.

   Nature wants stuff To vie strange forms with fancy

   c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]

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   Out, thou camelion harlot! now thine eyes Vie tears with the hyæna

   1605 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, Ben: Ionson His Volpone or The Foxe, [London]: […] [George Eld] for Thomas Thorppe, published 1607, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet Archive page)

5. To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.

plural vies

1. obsoleteA contest.

plural VIEs

1. abbreviationbusinessAbbreviation of variable interest entity.
2. abbreviationAbbreviation of vacuum insulated evaporator.

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