Meaning of duel | Babel Free
ˈˈd͡ʒuːəlDefinitions
- sorrow
- Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
- mourning
- Historically, the wager of battle (judicial combat).
- Any battle or struggle between two contending persons, forces, groups, or ideas.
- first-person singular present indicative of doler
- first-person singular present indicative of dolar
Equivalents
Examples
“I have⟳ often thought since, how different my fate might have⟳ been, had I not fallen in love⟳ with Nora at that early age; and had I not flung the wine in Quin’s face⟳, and so brought on the duel.”
“It has been 200 years, minus a few days, since Vice President Aaron Burr fatally shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel here. Weehawken and the duel have⟳ been tied together in an often-uncomfortable knot ever since.”
“a sniper duel”
“But it leaves them with a few destroyers, the American destroyer force⟳ is falling back, and then you have⟳ the two cruiser lines with their respective battleships coming in for the big duel.”
“Apple comes out swinging in the duel of the data titans [title]”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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