how to pronounce rivals

/ˈɹaɪvəlz/

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rivals is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of rivals in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… accumulation that rivals top art …”

meanings of rivals

noun:

Plural of rival.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rival.

rivals frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word rivals occurs in english on average 5.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics rivals can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that rivals can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;