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vying

[vahy-ing]

adjective

  1. competing; contending.

    All vying swimmers come to the judge's desk.



verb

  1. present participle of vie.

vying

/ ˈɪɪŋ /

verb

  1. the present participle of vie

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. competing

    two vying patriarchs

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • vyingly adverb
  • unvying adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of vying1

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And she’s currently kind of vying for recognition in both “Agatha All Along,” a kind of unconventional Marvel story about a coven of witches, and also “The Studio,” where she plays a Hollywood marketing executive.

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It's been vying to buy real estate, get involved in infrastructure projects and hopes to establish a permanent regional presence.

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Because Bass hired Hagerty under her emergency authority, the city has also solicited bids for a longer-term recovery contract worth $30 million over three years, with Hagerty among the companies vying for it.

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It has been a big blow for an area vying to justify the prestige of its city status, granted in 2022, after also losing Marks and Spencer and Next.

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There are a total of 15 candidates vying for votes in Runcorn and Helsby on 1 May, with representatives from the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party among them.

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