Definition
Meaning of 'enemy'
Meaning of 'enemy' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Enemy 
[ a.]
- Hostile; inimical. [ a.]2. Enemy [ n.]
- One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or
attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of
or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood. [ n.]Meaning of 'enemy' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. enemy [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
- an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
Example in sentence:
- a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies
Meaning (2):
- any hostile group of people
- any hostile group of people
Example in sentence:
- he viewed lawyers as the real enemy
Meaning (3):
- an opposing military force
- an opposing military force
Example in sentence:
- the enemy attacked at dawn
Meaning (4):
- a personal enemy
- a personal enemy
Example in sentence:
- they had been political foes for years
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