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What is the noun for rival?

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rival
  1. 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.
  2. Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.
  3. (obsolete) One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Boys of different clans are pitted against each other by their elders, and each is exhorted to do his utmost to outdo his rival.”
      “You should know that the city has no rival for dining or entertainment.”
rivalry
  1. An ongoing relationship between (usually two) rivals who compete for superiority.
  2. (economics) The characteristic of being a rivalrous good, such that it can be consumed or used by only one person at a time.
  3. Any competition between two or more things or factors.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The lifelong rivalry between cosmetics queens Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein makes for riveting reading.”
      “Could it not be the case that my anger was also mingled with feelings of jealousy, rivalry or envy?”
      “The animal-impulse of Miniature Golf rivalry can end in the victorious wallow of gratification or the blaze-of-glory, club-throwing tanty.”
rivality
  1. (obsolete) rivalry; competition
  2. (obsolete) equality, as of right or rank
rivalrousness
  1. Quality of being rivalrous.
rivaless
  1. (obsolete) A female rival.
rivalship
rivalships
  1. plural of rivalship
rivalesses
  1. plural of rivaless
rivalities
  1. plural of rivality
rivalries
  1. plural of rivalry
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  3. Examples:
    1. “All this was good for morale, but rivalries could have a damaging effect on operational efficiency.”
      “All across the country, there are pre-existing rivalries between teams and cities that are ripe for promotional exploitation.”
      “The government had always kept potential ethnic rivalries down with an iron hand.”
rivals
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