Usually means: Competing closely with another entity.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word rivalling:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. rivalling: Merriam-Webster
  2. rivalling: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rivalling: Collins English Dictionary
  4. rivalling: Vocabulary.com
  5. rivalling: Wordnik
  6. rivalling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. rivalling: Wiktionary
  8. Rivalling, rivalling: Dictionary.com
  9. rivalling: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Rivalling: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Rivalling: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. rivalling: FreeDictionary.org
  13. rivalling: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rivalling: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rivalling: Medical dictionary

(Note: See rival as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (rival)

noun:  A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.
noun:  Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.
noun:  (obsolete) One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
adjective:  Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority.
verb:  (transitive) To oppose or compete with.
verb:  To be equal to, or match, or to surpass another.
verb:  To strive to equal or excel; to emulate.
▸ Also see rival


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