enemy

CEFRA2

/ˈɛnəmi/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person or group that opposes or tries to harm you.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.

Examples

  • She didn't have an enemy in the world.

  • The best is often the enemy of the good.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /-mi/
  • /-mɪ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Something harmful or threatening to another

  2. Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.

  3. A non-player character that tries to harm the player.

More examples

In context

  • What you've done is profitable only to the enemy.

  • He made a lot of enemies after reducing the working hours in his department.

  • You may not want any enemies, but sometimes, your enemies choose you.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English enemy, enemye, enmy, borrowed from Old French enemi, anemi (Modern French ennemi), from Latin inimīcus, from in- (“not”) + amīcus (“friend”). Displaced Middle English fend (“enemy”), from Old English fēond (“enemy”), which survived into Modern English as fiend, but with a different meaning. Doublet of inimic.