rival – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of rival

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to rival
Participle: rivaled; rivalled
Gerund: rivaling; rivalling

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Irival
yourival
he;she;itrivals
werival
yourival
theyrival

Perfect

Ihave rivaled; rivalled
youhave rivaled; rivalled
he;she;ithas rivaled; rivalled
wehave rivaled; rivalled
youhave rivaled; rivalled
theyhave rivaled; rivalled

Past

Irivaled; rivalled
yourivaled; rivalled
he;she;itrivaled; rivalled
werivaled; rivalled
yourivaled; rivalled
theyrivaled; rivalled

Pluperfect

Ihad rivaled; rivalled
youhad rivaled; rivalled
he;she;ithad rivaled; rivalled
wehad rivaled; rivalled
youhad rivaled; rivalled
theyhad rivaled; rivalled

Future

Iwill rival
youwill rival
he;she;itwill rival
wewill rival
youwill rival
theywill rival

Future Perfect

Iwill have rivaled; rivalled
youwill have rivaled; rivalled
he;she;itwill have rivaled; rivalled
wewill have rivaled; rivalled
youwill have rivaled; rivalled
theywill have rivaled; rivalled

Subjunctive

Present

Irival
yourival
he;she;itrival
werival
yourival
theyrival

Perfect

Ihave rivaled; rivalled
youhave rivaled; rivalled
he;she;ithave rivaled; rivalled
wehave rivaled; rivalled
youhave rivaled; rivalled
theyhave rivaled; rivalled

Imperfect

Irivaled; rivalled
yourivaled; rivalled
he;she;itrivaled; rivalled
werivaled; rivalled
yourivaled; rivalled
theyrivaled; rivalled

Pluperfect

Ihad rivaled; rivalled
youhad rivaled; rivalled
he;she;ithad rivaled; rivalled
wehad rivaled; rivalled
youhad rivaled; rivalled
theyhad rivaled; rivalled

Conditional

Present

Iwould rival
youwould rival
he;she;itwould rival
wewould rival
youwould rival
theywould rival

Perfect

Iwould have rivaled; rivalled
youwould have rivaled; rivalled
he;she;itwould have rivaled; rivalled
wewould have rivaled; rivalled
youwould have rivaled; rivalled
theywould have rivaled; rivalled

Imperative

yourival
weLet's rival
yourival

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam rivaling; rivalling
youare rivaling; rivalling
he;she;itis rivaling; rivalling
weare rivaling; rivalling
youare rivaling; rivalling
theyare rivaling; rivalling

Perfect

Ihave been rivaling; rivalling
youhave been rivaling; rivalling
he;she;ithas been rivaling; rivalling
wehave been rivaling; rivalling
youhave been rivaling; rivalling
theyhave been rivaling; rivalling

Past

Iwas rivaling; rivalling
youwere rivaling; rivalling
he;she;itwas rivaling; rivalling
wewere rivaling; rivalling
youwere rivaling; rivalling
theywere rivaling; rivalling

Pluperfect

Ihad been rivaling; rivalling
youhad been rivaling; rivalling
he;she;ithad been rivaling; rivalling
wehad been rivaling; rivalling
youhad been rivaling; rivalling
theyhad been rivaling; rivalling

Future

Iwill be rivaling; rivalling
youwill be rivaling; rivalling
he;she;itwill be rivaling; rivalling
wewill be rivaling; rivalling
youwill be rivaling; rivalling
theywill be rivaling; rivalling

Future Perfect

Iwill have been rivaling; rivalling
youwill have been rivaling; rivalling
he;she;itwill have been rivaling; rivalling
wewill have been rivaling; rivalling
youwill have been rivaling; rivalling
theywill have been rivaling; rivalling

Conditional

Present

Iwould be rivaling; rivalling
youwould be rivaling; rivalling
he;she;itwould be rivaling; rivalling
wewould be rivaling; rivalling
youwould be rivaling; rivalling
theywould be rivaling; rivalling

Perfect

Iwould have been rivaling; rivalling
youwould have been rivaling; rivalling
he;she;itwould have been rivaling; rivalling
wewould have been rivaling; rivalling
youwould have been rivaling; rivalling
theywould have been rivaling; rivalling

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'rival'

annul, bevel, cancel, carol, cavil, channel, chisel, compel, control, counsel, court-martial, cudgel, decontrol, dial, dispel, dowel, drivel, duel, empanel, enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'rival'

rivel, corival, dial, divel, drivel, frivol, ravel, reveal, revel, rill,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

compete
oppose, equal, match, emulate

Additional Information

The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rīvālis (literally “person using the same stream as another”). By surface analysis, Latin rīvus + -al.

Sample Sentences

  • to rival somebody in love
  • But the Waverley is still the best-placed station of any British city, and gives the arriving stranger a first impression rivalled in Europe only by the exclusively watery station approach at Venice. [1941 January, C. Hamilton Ellis, “The Scottish Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 1:]
  • The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, […]. [1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:]
  • to rival thunder in its rapid course [1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:]