adversary

«adversary» in Mova's school dictionary: An enemy or opponent; someone you fight or compete against — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

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 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

• 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

Every meaning and example of «adversary» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.