vie

rivaliser, se disputer

Se mesurer avec énergie à d’autres pour gagner quelque chose ou être le meilleur.

En anglais simple : To compete strongly with others to win something or be the best.

• The children vie for attention.
• Two teams vied for first place.
• Several candidates are vying to become leader.

Comment l'utiliser : vie for something (Several firms are vying for the contract.); vie with someone for something (She vied with her sister for their father’s attention.); vie to do something (Three cities are vying to host the event.)

Synonymes : compete, contend

Expressions courantes : vie for attention, vie with someone, vie for power

mettre en concurrence, opposer

Proposer ou produire quelque chose pour rivaliser avec ce qu’une autre personne propose ou produit.

En anglais simple : To offer or produce something in competition with what another person offers or produces.

• The rivals vied boasts across the table.
• Each poet would vie a verse against the next.
• They vied offers until the owner accepted one.

Comment l'utiliser : vie something with someone (The poets vied verses with one another.)

Synonymes : pit, bandy

Expressions courantes : vie boasts, vie verses, vie something with someone

parier, miser

Risquer de l’argent ou un objet de valeur sur un résultat incertain.

En anglais simple : To risk money or something valuable on an uncertain result.

• He chose to vie five coins.
• They vied their gold on the result.
• Would you vie your fortune on such a risk?

Comment l'utiliser : vie something on something (He would vie his last coin on the outcome.)

Synonymes : bet, wager, stake

Expressions courantes : vie money, vie a sum, vie something on something

miser sur une main

Dans un ancien jeu de cartes, miser une somme d’argent sur les cartes qu’on a en main.

En anglais simple : To bet a sum of money on the cards you hold in an old card game.

• Each player could vie a small sum.
• She vied three coins on her hand.
• He refused to vie more money after the next deal.

Comment l'utiliser : vie something on a hand (The player vied two coins on his hand.)

Synonymes : bet, stake, wager

Expressions courantes : vie a sum, vie on something, vie three coins