ADVERSITY
\advˈəsɪti], \advˈəsɪti], \a_d_v_ˈə_s_ɪ_t_i]\
Definitions of ADVERSITY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"
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a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; "a period marked by adversities"
By Princeton University
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a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"
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a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; "a period marked by adversities"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Thomas Sheridan
Nearby Words
- adverseness
- adversifoliate
- adversifolious
- adversion
- adversities
- adversity
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