Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - duel
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Duel
duel
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin ~lum, from Old Latin, war Date: 15th century 1. a combat between two persons; specifically a formal combat with weapons fought between two persons in the presence of witnesses 2. a conflict between antagonistic persons, ideas, or forces; also a hard-fought contest between two opponents II. verb (~ed or ~led; ~ing or ~ling) Date: circa 1645 intransitive verb to fight a ~ transitive verb to encounter (an opponent) in a ~ • ~er or ~ler noun • ~ist or ~list noun
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n. & v. --n. 1 hist. a contest with deadly weapons between two people, in the presence of two seconds, to settle a point of honour. 2 any contest between two people, parties, causes, animals, etc. (a duel of wits). --v.intr. (duelled, duelling; US dueled, dueling) fight a duel or duels. Derivatives dueller n. (US dueler). duellist n. (US duelist). Etymology: It. duello or L duellum (archaic form of bellum war), in med.L = single combat ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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дуэль - cluster duel - fundamental duel - many-vs-many duel - mixed duel - multiple duel - square duel - stochastic duel - three-cornered duel - triangular duel - value of duel ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. дуэль, поединок pistol duel —- дуэль на пистолетах duel with swords —- дуэль на шпагах to fight a duel —- драться на дуэли 2. поединок, состязание, борьба artillery duel —- артиллерийская дуэль punting duel —- соревнование плоскодонок verbal duel —- словесный поединок 3. драться на дуэли ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) дуэль, поединок Pushkin lost his duel - Пушкин был убит на дуэли 2) состязание, борьба 2. v. драться на дуэли ...Англо-русский словарь
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(duels, duelling, duelled) Note: in AM, use 'dueling', 'dueled' 1. A duel is a formal fight between two people in which they use guns or swords in order to settle a quarrel. He had killed a man in a duel. N-COUNT 2. To duel means to fight a duel or be involved in a conflict. We duelled for two years and Peterson made the most of it, playing us off against each other. ...two silver French duelling pistols. V-RECIP: pl-n V, V-ing, also V with n, V (non-recip) ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 n 1 a fight with weapons between two people, used in the past to settle a quarrel (The officer challenged him to a duel.) 2 a situation in which two people or groups are involved in an angry disagreement ~2 v duelling, duelled BrE, dueling, dueled AmE I + with to fight a duel ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1475, from M.L. duellum "combat between two persons," by association with L. duo "two," but originally from L. duellum "war," an Old Latin form of bellum. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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