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# duel

«duel» in Mova's school dictionary: **a fight between two people, or two animals, to settle a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (duel, duels); verb (duel, duels, duelled, duelling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A duel is a fight between two people, or two animals, to settle a quarrel, usually fought one-to-one with swords or other weapons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duel/#m1)

2) A duel can also be a close contest between two rivals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duel/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, two creatures or knights fight one-to-one while others watch from the side

### examples

- The two birds fought a fierce duel in the air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duel/#x1)
- The knight and the giant fought a duel at dawn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duel/#x2)
- The two runners had a close duel for first place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duel/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «duel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.