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Meaning of Hostile | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈhɒstaɪl

Definitions

An enemy.

in-plural

Equivalents

العربية معادي
Беларуская варо́жы
Català hostil
Čeština nepřátelský
Ελληνικά εχθρικός
Esperanto malamika malamikema
Español hostil
Suomi vihamielinen
Français hostile
עברית עוין
Magyar ellenséges
Қазақша ғадауатты
Македонски непријателски
Nederlands vijandig
Polski wrogi
Português hostil
Română ostil
Slovenčina nepriateľský
Shqip armiqësor
Svenska fientlig
Українська ворожий

Examples

“The Japanese got their attack in first. About ten minutes after passing the U.S. aircraft, they spotted Hornet (local weather patterns temporarily concealing Enterprise). Things had improved a little bit compared to the Eastern Solomons, and three dozen F4F Wildcats on combat air patrol were vectored onto the oncoming hostiles, but once that initial task was accomplished, things began to collapse back into the cacophony and chaos that was all too familiar to those aboard the Enterprise, meaning that the end result was round about the same[…]”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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