(~s, ~ling, ~led)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
Note: in AM, use '~ing', '~ed'
1.
Your ~ is a person, business, or organization who you are competing or fighting against in the same area or for the same things.
The world champion finished more than two seconds ahead of his nearest ~...
N-COUNT
2.
If you say that someone or something has no ~s or is without ~, you mean that it is best of its type.
...a wonderfully fragrant wine which has no ~s in the Rhone...
N-COUNT: with brd-neg
3.
If you say that one thing ~s another, you mean that they are both of the same standard or quality.
Cassette recorders cannot ~ the sound quality of CDs...
VERB: V n