noun
adversary
CEFR C1
one's opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute
In a sentence
Six example sentences with adversary, each labelled with its topic.
Her adversary in the final had beaten her twice online, and this time she took the first two rounds quickly.
Gaming
They had been adversaries for a decade, but the two senators wrote the flood bill together in a single week.
Politics
A good argument needs an adversary who states your position better than you did before taking it apart.
Philosophy
Her oldest adversary now coached the other bench, and both teams played the whole night like a grudge match.
Basketball
In court the two former partners became adversaries, each hiring a lawyer to argue over the same patent.
Law
The startup's fiercest adversary was not a rival app but the spreadsheet every customer already used and trusted.
Startups
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- Computer Science Word ListAuthoritative
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
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