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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024du•el /ˈduəl, ˈdyu-/USA pronunciation n., v., -eled or -elled, -el•ing or -el•ling. n. [countable] - a fight between two persons with deadly weapons according to an accepted procedure.
- a contest between two persons or teams:The game promises to be a real duel between quarterbacks.
v. - to fight in a duel: [no object]They had been dueling for hours and finally called a draw.[~ + object]He dueled his opponent for hours.
du•el•er, du•el•ist, n. [countable]See -du-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024du•el (do̅o̅′əl, dyo̅o̅′-),USA pronunciation n., v., -eled, -el•ing or (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. n. - a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, esp. to settle a private quarrel.
- any contest between two persons or parties.
v.t., v.i. - to fight in a duel.
- Medieval Latin duellum, Latin: earlier form of bellum war, probably maintained and given sense "duel'' by association with Latin duo two
- earlier duell 1585–95
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: duel /ˈdjuːəl/ n - a prearranged combat with deadly weapons between two people following a formal procedure in the presence of seconds and traditionally fought until one party was wounded or killed, usually to settle a quarrel involving a point of honour
- a contest or conflict between two persons or parties
vb (duels, duelling, duelled) ( US duels, dueling, dueled)(intransitive)- to fight in a duel
- to contest closely
Etymology: 15th Century: from Medieval Latin duellum, from Latin, poetical variant of bellum war; associated by folk etymology with Latin duo twoˈdueller, ˈduellist n |