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Vie — (IPA: / vi.e/), which means vine in Romanian, is a district, or quarter, of Oradea, a city in Bihor, Romania.GeographyVie is situated in the hills overlooking Oradea, in the northern part of the town. It spans quite a large area, from a part just … Wikipedia
vie — [vaı] v past tense and past participle vied present participle vying third person singular vies [Date: 1500 1600; : Old French; Origin: envier [i] to invite, challenge , from Latin invitare; INVITE1] to compete very hard with someone in order to… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Vie — Vie, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vying}.] [OE. vien, shortened fr. envien, OF. envier to invite, to challenge, a word used in gambling, L. invitare to invite; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Invite}, {Envie}.] 1. To stake a sum upon a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vie — [ vaı ] (present participle vy|ing; past tense and past participle vied) verb intransitive to compete with other people for something that is difficult to get: Five players are still vying for the last position on the team. Law firms vie with… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
with — [with, with] prep. [ME < OE, orig., against, in opposition to, contr. < or akin to wither, against < IE * witero (< base * wi , asunder, separate + compar. suffix) > Ger wider, against] 1. in opposition to or competition facing;… … English World dictionary
vie — Synonyms and related words: admit of comparison, antagonize, battle, be commensurable, be comparable, beat against, beat up against, breast the wave, buck, buffet, buffet the waves, challenge, challenge comparison, close with, combat, come up to … Moby Thesaurus
vie — UK [vaɪ] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms vie : present tense I/you/we/they vie he/she/it vies present participle vying past tense vied past participle vied to compete with other people for something that is difficult to get Five players are… … English dictionary
vie — [[t]va͟ɪ[/t]] vies, vying, vied V RECIP If one person or thing is vying with another for something, the people or things are competing for it. [FORMAL] [V with n to inf] California is vying with other states to capture a piece of the growing… … English dictionary
vie — verb vied, vying (I) to compete very hard with someone in order to get something (+ for): Simon and Julian were vying for her attention all through dinner. | vie with sb to do sth: The major record companies are vying with each other to sign the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
with — /wɪð / (say widh), /wɪθ / (say with) preposition 1. accompanied by or accompanying: I will go with you. 2. in some particular relation to (especially implying interaction, company, association, conjunction, or connection): to deal, talk, sit,… …
