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# nemesis

«nemesis» in Mova's school dictionary: **the thing that brings a person's downfall or punishment…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (nemeses)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A nemesis is the thing that brings a person's downfall or punishment, something they deserve for bad deeds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nemesis/#m1)

2) A nemesis can also be a lasting rival who always defeats you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nemesis/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, the power that punishes wrong; in talk, a rival who keeps beating someone

### examples

- In the tale, Nemesis punishes the proud king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nemesis/#x1)
- His old rival became his nemesis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nemesis/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

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