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- Dictionaryvie/vʌɪ/
verb
- 1. compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something: "the athletes were vying for a place in the British team"
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VIE definition: 1. to compete with other people to achieve or get something: 2. to compete with other people to…. Learn more.
The meaning of VIE is to strive for superiority : contend, compete. How to use vie in a sentence.
Vie definition: to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority. See examples of VIE used in a sentence.
vie (with somebody) (for something) She was surrounded by men all vying for her attention. The boys would vie with each other to impress her. They are all vying for a place in the team. vie (to do something) Screaming fans vied to get closer to their idol.
To vie for something means to compete for it. Two teams may vie for the gold medal, but one will have to go home with silver. Vie may be spelled the same as the French word, vie, but they are pronounced differently, vī and vē respectively, and are not related in meaning or history.
VIE definition: to try hard to do something more successfully than someone else: . Learn more.
Define vie. vie synonyms, vie pronunciation, vie translation, English dictionary definition of vie. v. vied , vy·ing , vies v. intr. To strive for victory or superiority; contend. See Synonyms at rival.
Definition of 'vie' Word Frequency. vie. (vaɪ ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense vies , present participle vying , past tense, past participle vied. verb. If one person or thing is vying with another for something, the people or things are competing for it. [formal]
Definition of vie verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Vie Definition. To struggle for superiority ( with someone) or enter into competition ( for something); compete. To strive for victory or superiority; contend. To do, offer, display, or match in rivalry. To bet; wager; hazard. To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.
