vie
IPA: vˈaɪ
noun
- (obsolete) A contest.
- A district of Oradea, Bihor, Romania
- A river in the Vendée department, Pays de la Loire, France
- A river in Normandie, France, flowing through Orne department and Calvados department
- (business) Abbreviation of variable interest entity.
- Abbreviation of vacuum insulated evaporator.
verb
- (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.
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Examples of "vie" in Sentences
- What did they vie for
- But if this is the consensus, 'c'est la vie'.
- Charlie and a rival vie for the favors of their landlady.
- How many of the total schools in Delhi vie for the trophy
- Baptists vie with Catholics as the largest denomination in the city.
- The student body soon become aware and vie for the position of Number One.
- Skaven were the first of the younger species to vie for control of Lustria.
- The entire process is called a VIE , and any number of VIE s can be defined.
- The reigning Khan of the country is dying, and two cousins vie for the crown.
- If concretion results in the farther specification of a VIE , re apply the VIE .
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