duel

«duel» in Mova's school dictionary: a fight between two people, or two animals, to settle a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (duel, duels); verb (duel, duels, duelled, duelling)

meaning for a pupil

1) A duel is a fight between two people, or two animals, to settle a quarrel, usually fought one-to-one with swords or other weapons. tree →

2) A duel can also be a close contest between two rivals. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, two creatures or knights fight one-to-one while others watch from the side

examples

• The two birds fought a fierce duel in the air. tree →
• The knight and the giant fought a duel at dawn. tree →
• The two runners had a close duel for first place. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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