Question 1 · Quick check
duel
CEFRC1
/ˈˈd͡ʒuːəl/
noun · verb
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A formal fight between two people.
- 02
verb
To fight or compete directly against one person.
Examples
Kyouichi Saionji, who he supposed would win the duel, has lost.
"Dad, this a real sword?" "Of course, it is a duel after all."
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
Also pronounced
- /ˈd(j)u.əl/
- /ˈdjuːəl/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsAny battle or struggle between two contending persons, forces, groups, or ideas.
Historically, the wager of battle (judicial combat).
Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
More examples
In contextThe two dogs were duelling for the bone.
a sniper duel
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.
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Origin
noun
From Medieval Latin duellum (“fight between two men, duel”), itself from Old Latin duellum (“war, fight”), which survived in Classical Latin as a rare byform of bellum and was later reinterpreted as “duel” by unetymological association with duo (“two”). May have entered English through Middle French duel.