Meaning & use
vying
Competing eagerly with others to achieve or obtain something desired.
See it in a sentence
Three candidates are vying for the same seat on the city council.
The siblings were vying for their grandmother's attention all afternoon long.
A note on using this word
Vying almost always takes the preposition for, and describes an active, often intense, competition.
Words with a similar meaning
competingcontending
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Words with an opposite meaning
conceding
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