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# vie

verb (vies, vied, vying)

«vie» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To vie is to try hard to be better than someone else; to compete. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vie/#m1)

### In the lessons

in races and contests, heroes and animals vie with each other for the prize

### Examples

- The two girls vied for first place in the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vie/#x1)
- Yet the pony could vie with any horse in the stables. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vie/#x2)
- Many runners vied to win the medal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vie/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «vie» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vie/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vie» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vie.html) on Mova free.