different between contender vs enemy

English

Etymology

contend +? -er

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /k?n?t?n.d?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
• Hyphenation: con?ten?der

Noun

contender (plural contenders)

1. Someone who competes with one or more other people.
2. Someone who has a viable chance of winning a competition.
   • 2016, David Hytner, Mesut Özil has Arsenal daring to dream of Premier League glory (in The Guardian, 1 January 2016)[1]

     In April 2014, towards the end of Özil’s first season at Arsenal – which had been marked by highs and lows – Wenger predicted the German would be a contender for the player of the year awards in 2014?15.

Translations

See also

• contestant

Anagrams

• retconned

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin contendere, present active infinitive of contend?.

Verb

contender (first-person singular present indicative contendo, past participle contendido)

1. (intransitive) to contend (to strive in opposition)

Conjugation

Related terms

• contenção
• contendente
• contendor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin contendere, present active infinitive of contend?.

Verb

contender (first-person singular present contiendo, first-person singular preterite contendí, past participle contendido)

1. to contend
2. to contest

Conjugation

Related terms

• contención
• contendiente
• contendor

English

Alternative forms

• enemie (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English enemy, enemye, enmy, borrowed from Old French enemi, anemi (Modern French ennemi), from Latin inim?cus, from in- (“not”) + am?cus (“friend”). Displaced Middle English feend (“enemy”), from Old English f?ond (“enemy”), which survived into Modern English as fiend, but with a different meaning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?mi/
• Hyphenation: en?e?my

Noun

enemy (plural enemies)

1. Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.

   Synonyms: foe, unfriend, adversary, nemesis, backfriend

   Antonyms: ally, friend

2. A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.

   Synonyms: foe, adversary, nemesis

   Antonyms: ally, friend

3. Something harmful or threatening to another
4. (attributive) Of, by, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.

Derived terms

Related terms

• enmity
• inimical

Translations

See also

• nemesis

Verb

enemy (third-person singular simple present enemies, present participle enemying, simple past and past participle enemied)

1. To make an enemy of.

Anagrams

• Yemen, yemen

Old French

Noun

enemy m (oblique plural enemys, nominative singular enemys, nominative plural enemy)

1. Alternative form of enemi

Descendants

• ? English: enemy