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A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.

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Source Word

rival

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɹaɪvəl/

Noun

obsolete

A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.

Japanese Meaning

競争相手 / 対抗者 / ライバル

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Our rival launched a new product just weeks before our release, forcing us to rethink our strategy.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

私たちの発売の数週間前に競争相手が新製品を発表したため、私たちは戦略を見直さざるを得ませんでした。

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A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.

The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you[…] "share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.

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