great rivalry

collocation in English

meaningsofgreatandrivalry

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great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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rivalry
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈraɪ.vəl.ri/us
/ˈraɪ.vəl.ri/
a situation in which people, businesses, etc. compete with each other for the ...
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(Definition ofgreatandrivalryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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You have two sets of officials, hardly ever on speaking terms, withgreatrivalrybetween them.
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The nation is presently to be confronted with agreatrivalrywith other nations.
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It is organised on the basis of small entrepreneurs and scattered businesses, and often there isgreatrivalrybetween different ports and areas.
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Strongly held ideological differences have caused agreatrivalryverging on hatred between the clergy of the two gods, but the deities themselves remain close.
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As a result, there was agreatrivalrybetween the two teams.
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This created agreatrivalry, but also split players between the two clubs (though they often worked together to help each other field teams).
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It was agreatrivalryand playing him again brings back some great memories.
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The historicity of this is dubious as other sources showgreatrivalryand animosity between the two.
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Darts was denied agreatrivalryas the two best players were unable to compete against each other regularly due to the split in the game.
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Like many great rivalries a schism, albeit in this case an indirect one, led to the birth of a local challenger.
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