enemy


Definition: Meaning of, enemy in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈɛnəmi /

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enemy enemies
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  1. someone who hates you and wants to harm you
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  2. someone who opposes or competes against you
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  3. also the enemy the country against which your country is fighting in a war
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  4. something that people think is harmful or damaging
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  5. be your own worst enemy to behave in a way that causes problems for yourself
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  6. public enemy number one informal someone famous who has done something bad and who a lot of people do not like
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  7. the enemy within people in a society etc that other people think are trying to secretly destroy or damage it
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  8. if one thing is the enemy of another, the second thing cannot exist because the first thing destroys it
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