The quarrel originated in rivalry between the two countries.
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Rivalry
Synonyms for "rivalry" (62 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (31)
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4 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 31 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- конкуренция noun (competition)
- съперничество noun (competition)
Catalan
1 entries- rivalitat noun (competition)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 對抗 /对抗 noun (competition)
- 競爭 /竞争 noun (competition)
Czech
2 entries- rivalita noun (competition)
- soupeření noun (competition)
Danish
2 entries- rivalisering noun (competition)
- rivalitet noun (competition)
Dutch
1 entries- rivaliteit noun (competition)
Finnish
1 entries- kilpailu noun (competition)
French
1 entries- rivalité noun (competition)
Galician
1 entries- rivalidade noun (competition)
German
1 entries- Rivalität noun (competition)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃𐍄𐍃 noun (competition)
Greek
1 entries- ανταγωνισμός noun (competition)
Hausa
1 entries- hamayya noun (competition)
Hungarian
2 entries- versengés noun (competition)
- vetélkedés noun (competition)
Irish
2 entries- coimhlint noun (competition)
- iomaidh noun (competition)
Italian
2 entries- antagonismo noun (competition)
- rivalità noun (competition)
Japanese
4 entries- ライバル noun (competition)
- 争い noun (competition)
- 拮抗 noun (competition)
- 競争 noun (competition)
Latin
1 entries- rīvālitās noun (competition)
Macedonian
3 entries- конкуре́нција noun (competition)
- на́тпревар noun (competition)
- сопе́рништво noun (competition)
Mongolian
1 entries- өрсөлдөөн noun (competition)
Māori
1 entries- tauwhāingatanga noun (competition)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- رقابت noun (competition)
Polish
1 entries- rywalizacja noun (competition)
Portuguese
1 entries- rivalidade noun (competition)
Romanian
1 entries- rivalitate noun (competition)
Russian
1 entries- сопе́рничество noun (competition)
Spanish
1 entries- rivalidad noun (competition)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- pasin resis noun (competition)
Ukrainian
1 entries- супе́рництво noun (competition)
Urdu
1 entries- مسابقت noun (competition)
Welsh
1 entries- ymryson noun (competition)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
There was a lot of sibling rivalry between Tom and his brother.
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The rivalry is real.
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The rivalry between them was soon apparent.
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