enemy
//ˈɛnəmi//
Forms
- Plural
- enemies
- present (v1)
- enemy
- past (v2)
- enemied
- past participle (v3)
- enemied
- present participle
- enemying
- 3rd person singular
- enemies
Definitions
1.Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
- If you're not with me, then you're my enemy.
- You may not want any enemies, but sometimes, your enemies choose you.
- He made a lot of enemies after reducing the working hours in his department.
2.A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
- Rally together against a common enemy.
3.Something harmful or threatening to another
4.Of, by, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.
- The building was destroyed by enemy bombing.
1.To make an enemy of.
- Bureaucracy and wider features of a division of labor also facilitates the “othering” and “enemying” associated with systemic violence and makes possible the professionalization of atrocity.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1561
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Middle English enemy, enemye, enmy, borrowed from Old French enemi, anemi (Modern French ennemi), from Latin inimīcus, from in- (“not”) + amīcus (“friend”).