adversary
part of speech
noun (an adversary, adversaries)
meaning for a pupil
(formal) An enemy or opponent; someone you fight or compete against. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the mystic school: In the notes (06, 08) the Adversary is the one who tests a system by attacking it: in note 06 Satan read as an independent debugger, and in note 08 the owner of the numbers that stop a hair short of a whole. In the primary lessons: In stories and history: heroes face an adversary. In sport and games: a worthy adversary is a strong opponent. Phrases: a worthy adversary, old adversary, political adversaries.
examples
- An adversary can perform a necessary function and still exceed it. (note 06) tree →
- Resistance requires an adversary. (note 06) tree →
- And once an adversary becomes sufficiently independent, everybody eventually has a very long meeting about permissions. (note 06) tree →
- Myths make the adversary monstrous because his useful work looks unpleasant from inside the test: nobody loves the reviewer who says the release cannot ship — yet testing can also turn into cruelty. (lesson 014) tree →
- A red team still needs scope and a stress test still needs a stop condition; an adversary can do a necessary job and still go past it, and a critic can be right about the flaw and wrong about what to do with it. (lesson 015) tree →
- The knight faced his adversary on the bridge. tree →
- In chess, try to guess your adversary's next move. tree →
- The two teams were old adversaries. tree →
- She was a tough adversary in the debate. tree →
- Sherlock Holmes's greatest adversary was Moriarty. tree →
- Even adversaries can shake hands after the game. tree →
- Heracles destroyed this new adversary with his club, and now called upon his nephew to come to his aid. tree →
note
Formal; everyday words: enemy, opponent, rival. Plural: adversaries (y to ies). Adjective adversarial. Do not confuse with "anniversary".
In the corpora
- But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary, nor evil occurrence.
- And the LORD raised up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the king's seed in Edom.
- Therefore the LORD doth set upon high the adversaries of Rezin against him, and spur his enemies;
- Thy holy people they have well nigh driven out, our adversaries have trodden down Thy sanctuary.
- Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: An adversary, even round about the land!
Trees and pragmatics
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