vie

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French envier.

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Infinitive
to vie

Third person singular
vies

Simple past
vied

Past participle
vied

Present participle
vying

to vie (third-person singular simple present vies, present participle vying, simple past and past participle vied)

  1. (intransitive) To rival; to struggle for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.
    Her suitors were all vying for her attention.
    Political parties are always vying with one another to get the most attention.
  2. (transitive, archaic) To rival (something), etc.
    • 1608, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra [1]
      It's past the size of dreaming: nature wants stuff / To vie strange forms with fancy; yet, to imagine / And Antony, were nature's piece 'gainst fancy, / Condemning shadows quite.

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[edit] Finnish

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  • Hyphenation: vie
  • IPA: /'vieː/

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vie

  1. Third-person singular indicative present form of viedä.

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  • Hyphenation: vie
  • IPA: /'vie(ʔ)/

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vie

  1. Indicative present connegative form of viedä.
  2. Second-person singular imperative present form of viedä.
  3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of viedä.

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Latin vita

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vie f.

  1. life

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[edit] Italian

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vie f.

  1. Plural form of via.

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vie

  1. Lenited form of mie.


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Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages by Mark Abley (2003)


[edit] Norwegian

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vie (present tense vier; past tense via/viet; past participle via/viet; present participle viende; imperative vi)

  1. To dedicate something to someone or towards a cause
  2. To wed two persons into marriage

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Latin vinea

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vie f. (plural vii)

  1. vineyard
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Forms of the adjective viu

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vie

  1. feminine singular nominative form of viu.
  2. feminine singular accusative form of viu.